Evaluate the claim "we can predict who will become a criminal"
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ProfilingZodiac.pptxCriminal Profiling
Dr David Keatley
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Case: Zodiac
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Hunting “the most dangerous animal of all”
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December 20th, 1968
David Faraday & Betty Lou Jensen
On December 20, 1968, David Arthur Faraday, 17, and Betty Lou Jensen, 16,were on their first date when they pulled over into a lovers' lane on Lake Herman Road in Benicia. There, they were forced from the car by a killer and Faraday was shot in the head. Jensen began to run away but was shot multiple times in the back.
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July 4th, 1969
Michael Mageau & Darlene Ferrin
On July 4, 1969, Michael Renault Mageau, 19, and Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin, 22, were in the parking lot of Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo - 4 miles from the first crime scene - when they were shot 'to pieces', according to the investigator. But while Ferrin was pronounced dead on arrival, Mageau survived being shot in the face, neck and chest.
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September 27th, 1969
Bryan Hartnell & Cecilia Shepard
On September 27, 1969, Bryan Calvin Hartnell, 20, and Cecelia Ann Shepard, 22, were having a picnic at Lake Berryessa in Napa County when they were approached by a hooded man who bound and stabbed them. Hartnell survived eight stab wounds to his back, but Shepard died two days later.
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October 11th, 1969
Paul Stine
BEWARE THIS ONE (PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE)
On October 11, 1969, cab driver Paul Lee Stine, 29, picked up a passenger and drove him to Presidio Heights - where he was shot in the back of the head and robbed. The killer also ripped part of Stine's shirt, which he later sent with a letter to a local newspaper.
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BEWARE THE CYPHERS
Sent to San Francisco Chronicle et al.
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Who is the Zodiac?
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FBI Profiling
Organised
Disorganised
Average
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above IQ
Socially Competent
Skilled work preferred
High birth
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order
status
Father’s work stable
Sexually competent
Inconsistent childhood discipline
Controlled mood during crime
Use of alcohol with crime
Precipitating situational stress
Living with partner
Mobility (car in good condition)
Follows crime in news media
May change job or leave town
Below
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average IQ
Socially
inadequate
Unskilled work
Low birth
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order
statis
Father’s work unstable
Sexually incompetent
Harsh discipline as a child
Anxious mood during crime
Minimal use of alcohol
Minimal situational stress
Living alone
Lives/works near crime scene
Minimal interest in news media
Significant behaviour change
Offender Characteristics
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FBI Profiling
Minimal interest in news media
Significant behaviour change
Crime Scene Characteristics
Organised
Disorganised
Planned offense
Victim a targeted stranger
Personalises victim
Controlled conversation
Crime scene reflects control
Demands submissive victim
Restraints used
Aggressive acts prior to death
Body hidden
Weapon/evidence absent
Transports victim or body
Spontaneous offense
Victim/location known
Depersonalises
victim
Minimal conversation
Crime scene random and sloppy
Sudden violence to victim
Minimal use of restraints
Sexual acts after death
Body left in view
Weapon/evidence often present
Body left at death scene
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Who is the Zodiac?
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Suspects
Multiple over the years (Everyone from BTK to UNABOMber)
Possibles:
Lawrence Kane (linked to previous similar crimes)
Ross Sullivan (suspect in previous similar crimes)
Arthur Leigh Allan (prime suspect in Graysmith’s book; talked about wanting to attach a flashlight to a firearm)
Richard Marshall (many lifestyle similarities to Zodiac [basement; films; interests])
Richard Gaikowski (editor for newspaper, voice similar to Zodiac, coworker testimony, ‘GYKE’)
Earl van Best Jr. (son, Gary Stewart names him as Zodiac)
Jack Terrance (son, Dennis Jaufman names him as Zodiac)
Donald Lee Bujok (escaped from Montana Deer Lodge Penitentiary)
Is it any of these? Or none of these? Who else?
DON’T FORGET TO LOOK FOR OTHER CASES….
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