[mikeecho]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I would argue that a person though that can look a kid in the eye and kill him over business or over the whole no witnesses mantra is probably a serious psychopath.

This is different then a serial killer to me, a serial killer is usually broken and has no sense of humanity, there was a great book on the mind of the serial killer that I read, I'll try to find the title and post it here someday.

But serial killers don't see their victims as human, they see them as things, things that cause a feeling of gratification or emotional release when the're killed. Let me put it this way, a serial killer doesn't get upset about his kills, he might act with some remorse, with the whole "please stop me plea" but they don't mean it because they know that they will eventual have to kill again to sooth the compulsion. However if you tell a serial killer that his fish or his dog or his cat died, chances are he'll break down because there's a stronger emotional attachment to that pet as a living thing on a fundamental emotional level.

But to look a kid in the eye and kill him because of a business dealing with his parents and not wanting to get caught so he removed a witness is a whole different level, he's basically put his humanity in a closet over material issues or security issues. In a way he's a even more detached individual, at least a serial killer has a fundamental understanding of the value of his victim. This guy did not.

I've always said that violent acts against children whether violence based or sexual should automatically come with a life sentence at the governments pleasure with no chance for parole period. This person murdered innocence for personal gain, he might not be a serial killer, he might share a lot of fundamental personality disorders of a serial killer, but once you cross that line society shouldn't take anymore chances with you.

Mindhunter by John Douglas? Very good book about the profile of serial killers, although some of the stuff in there does make it hard to sleep after reading it.

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