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 "... variables do exist that may be useful in a criminal profile and that do differentiate between organized and disorganized sexual murderers." excessive assault to the face often is an attempt to dehumanize the victim. Such facial destruction may indicate knowledge of the victim or that the victim resembles or represents a person who has caused the offender psychological distress. The offender may wear a mask or gloves, use a blindfold on the victim, or cover the victim's face as he attacks. There is minimal verbal interaction except for orders and threats. Restraints are not necessary, as the victim is killed quickly.

Any sexua11y sadistic acts, often in the form of mutilation, are usually per­formed after death. Offenders have at­tempted a variety of sexual acts, including ejaculating into an open stab wound in the victim's abdomen. Evi­dence of urination, defecation, and mas­turbation has been found on the victim's clothing and in the home. Mutilation to the face, genitals, and breast, dis­embowelment, amputation, and vampir­ism may also be noted on the body.

Disorganized offenders might keep the dead body. One murderer killed two women and kept their body parts in his home for 8 years. He made masks from their heads and drums and seat covers from their skins. Earlier, he had exhumed the bodies of eight elderly women from their graves and performed similar mutilative acts.

The death scene and crime scene are usually the same in mur­ders committed by the disorganized of­fender, with the victim being left in the position in which she or he was killed. If the offender has mutilated the body, it may be positioned in a special way that has significance to the offender.

No attempt is made to conceal the body. Fingerprints and footprints may be found, and the police have a great deal of evidence to use in their investigation. Usually, the murder weapon is one obtained at the scene and is left there, providing investiga­tors with evidence.

Case Example of a Disorganized Offender

Murder 1: A husband returning from work at 6:00 p.m. discovered his wife's body in the bedroom of their home. An autopsy revealed she had been murdered sometime in the morn­ing after being confronted by the as­sailant as she went to empty the gar­bage outside. The victim was shot in the head four times, and thereafter, disemboweled with a knife obtained in her home. Other than slash wounds to breasts and mutilation to internal reproductive organs, no evidence of sexual assault or molestation was found. The victim was first slashed in the abdomen, and the assailant pulled her intestines out of the body cavity. The victim had what was later deter­ mined to be animal feces in her mouth. Garbage was strewn about the house. A yogurt cup was found, and indications were that the murderer used the cup to collect blood from the victim, which he then drank.

Crime 2: On the same date, a house burglary occurred within one­ quarter mile of the victim's residence. Garbage was strewn throughout the home. Evidence indicated the burglar urinated on female clothing and also defecated in the house. No one was home at the time.

Crime 3: Two days later, the car­cass of a dog was found in the same neighborhood. The dog had been shot in the head, and the bullet was deter­mined to have come from the gun used in the first murder. The dog was disemboweled.

Murder 2: Four days after the first slaying, a woman, waiting for a male friend to pick her up for a day's outing with her neighbor, noticed the man's car had pulled into her neighbor's driveway. She telephoned to say she would be right over; however, receiv­ing no answer, she looked out her window again to note the man's car was now gone. Becoming suspicious, she went over to the house and dis­ covered the bodies of her male friend, her female neighbor, and the neigh­bor's child. A 22-month infant was missing from the home; however, a bullet hole was found in the pillow of the child's crib, along with what ap­peared to be brain and skull matter. This was also found in the half-filled bathtub, indicating the child had been killed and the body washed and re­moved from the scene. The female victim had been severely slashed and mutilated. She had been murdered in the bedroom where she had been dis­emboweled from breast bone to pelvic area. Internal organs, including spleen, kidneys, and reproductive organs, had been removed and muti­lated. No attack was noted to external genitals. The murderer had attempted to remove an eye and also had insert­ed a knife into the anal canal, cutting the victim severely in this area. Defi­nite fingerprints with blood were found on the abdomen, shoulders, and legs of this victim. Additionally, a ring of blood was found on the floor, indicat­ing a bucket-type container was used to collect blood.

The following information was ex­tracted from a profile developed by the BSU:

Suspect description: White male aged 25-27; thin, undernourished 24 / FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin