50 SERIAL KILLERS Quotes

“Executing Ted Bundy cost the state of Florida seven or eight million dollars, money that could have been better invested in building a criminal forensic institution devoted to the research and study of people like Bundy, Kemper, Gacy, Berkowitz and Dahmer, who have hideously violated society’s trust. Criminologists have long ago agreed that the death penalty has never deterred violent criminals. It only satisfies the families of the victims and the general desire of society for revenge.”
― Gary Lequipe, 50 SERIAL KILLERS: Bloody protagonists of history's worst murder sprees

“Murderers can use multiple sites from the moment they capture their victims. However, the main scene is where death occurs. It’s usually where more psychological and physical evidence is found. (...) Modus operandi: It is the killer’s method to carry out their crimes. It describes the techniques and choices they make. This evaluation can reveal psychological characteristics of great importance.”
― Gary Lequipe, 50 SERIAL KILLERS: Bloody protagonists of history's worst murder sprees

“It is believed that 90% of serial killers are driven by a motive of sexual nature, and only 10% are driven by other types of motivations. Penetration is not necessary for considering a serial killer’s impulses to be sexual. Serial killers’ minds associate sex with death. They are full of fantasies which increase their sexual desire, but its completion is the victim’s death, not necessarily the sexual act. (...) Some of them are impotent in practice, although they may have an erection when they kill.”
― Gary Lequipe, 50 SERIAL KILLERS: Bloody protagonists of history's worst murder sprees