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“I’ve given up on hope,” she said quietly, then lifted her chin. “From now on, I fight.”
“After years of seeking, I thought I would never have Hope again. But today, everything changed. She calls herself a Warrior now. But to me, she will always be . . . The One That Got Away.”
“Until now.”
“If my choice is to stand by and watch or get in the ring, I’ll fight. Every time.”
Serial killers were defined as having at least three victims, with a chronological or psychological separation between each event. Mass murderers were characterized as killing at least four individuals in one incident. Finally, spree killers had two or more victims in different locations with no de-escalation period between.
“Predators are all about control,” Kent said. “Part of their personality entertains grandiose notions of superiority, but another part has to dominate everyone around them in order to cover deep-seated feelings of inadequacy.”
Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.”
“One of my favorite quotes from Einstein is ‘The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.’
“Serial killers can change their MO, but they can’t change their motive.”
“A killer’s modus operandi is how they commit their crimes, their methodology, which can change as they learn from experience. Their motive, however, is why they kill. The underlying compulsion that is unique to each killer. I call it their itch, and it never changes.”
“So what makes serial killers different from other murderers is that they have to keep scratching their itch after the first time?”
That’s why it’s critical to analyze the first murder carefully. The killer hasn’t perfected his crime, or refined his MO, so his motive—the itch he was trying to scratch—is easier to pick out. Once you understand that, you have a much better chance of identifying the unsub.”
Throughout her life, she had contended with abuse, neglect, and rejection. These she could handle, but warmth and compassion would undo her.
