ABSTRACT
The thrust of this research was to develop an empirical model of the crime scene actions of U.S. serial murderers based on information available to a police inquiry. On the whole, the data supports the hypothesized two-facet, four-element model proposed in Chapter 3. Also, a limited number of background characteristics were found to be related to aspects of this model and crime scene behavior. However, if the present analysis has any validity, it should be possible to apply these conclusions to a number of illustrative real-life serial murder cases. To this end, and by way of summary, four representative cases — including an actual serial murder case that the author profiled — are considered in this final chapter.
