Post by BoxersFracture on Apr 8, 2018 18:42:21 GMT
The purpose/hope is that, by knowing more about his personality traits and (likely?) behavior, I might find an interesting angle to data mine.
*Note that after hearing what he did at the ‘86 crime scene, I no longer have any doubt that he is a sexual sadist. Though he probably ticks a lot of boxes for other disorders.
This type of offender differs from a “sexual murderer” as defined by Ressler, Burgess and Douglas (1988) in a lot of ways.
An excellent study by Habermann and Briken in the January 2007 Journal of Personality Disorders collected data from 166 men who committed sexual homicides.
Below is some telling information about murderers diagnosed with sexual sadism disorder (SSD) as well as some of the key differences between those with SSD and those without (NSSD). Where there is a comparison, the first number always represents the offender with SSD and the second the offender without (NSSD).
21.7% kill more than one victim
26.5 is the mean age at time of first homicide
86.1% were not married when offending
72.9% were not in a relationship while offending
97% failed to finish high school
50.4% failed to complete their sophomore year in high school
29.5% did not have a job of any kind while offending
Mean IQ was 101.5
9.8% were alcoholics vs 25%
27.9% had borderline PD vs 13.3%
37.7% had antisocial PD vs 21%
36.1% had sadistic disorder (in addition to SSD) vs 6.7%
90.4% masturbated to sadistic fantasies vs 4.2%
46% did so to homicidal fantasies vs 2.1%
As children:
41% wet the bed vs 19.8%
27.9% ran away from home
82% were physically abused vs 64.8%
24.6% were sexually abused
83.6% suffered emotional abuse or neglect
78.7% purposefully isolated themselves
So, a picture emerges for me of an EARONS who was:
-A sexually and/or physically abused, self-isolating (friendless) young man in 1976
-Likely with above average intelligence
-Living with neglectful parents/people that were unconcerned by, or unaware of, his comings and goings or
-Collecting some kind of government aid and living alone
-No substance addictions
-Emerging into criminality after a childhood/young adulthood immersed in a rich fantasy world
-A high school drop out (likely not in any yearbooks)
-Without a job or a job history
-No wife or girlfriend
-No real ties to anyone or anything
In short, he’s an alien and a ghost with essentially no past and no one who cares about or recognizes his deviance or potential for mayhem.
I really think the reason he’s never been caught and may never be caught is the simple fact that no one knows him or cares to know him…and he’s fine with that.
I both agree and disagree. True, those stats show likelihoods of the EAR's persona and fate. I've been reading a lot of various studies on criminals, psychopaths, sociopaths, and of criminals who are also psychopaths or sociopaths. There have been many studies and theories. It's usually mentioned that everything was based on similar crimes committed, and that the majority of criminals have similar backgrounds and personalities, but that not ALL/EVERY criminal who commits similar crimes will fall into the same category. There will only be a high probability. Remember, those guys who have been studied, were caught. There are still many who were caught who were not part of the studies. There are also some who still haven't been caught. Like the EAR.
No one really knows for certain anything about the EAR's home or education life. I know the EAR will contain some or maybe even many of those traits, but not all. And he isn't a ghost. People knew him then, people know him now. He's been seen by people, looking like a regular , clean-cut neighborhood fellow. He wandered the neighborhoods he intended to attack during the day and no one gave him a second thought. Those high school drop outs most likely lacked the kind of intelligence the EAR has, that made it possible for him to plan and commit his crimes, then remain undetected. The FBI's 15 page profile of the EAR, in my opinion is accurate. It stated that this guy is above average in intelligence, had a job which was why he didn't take valuables, wouldn't stand out in middle to upper middle class neighborhoods, and that people who know him would not think he was capable of committing such acts. That last statement means people know him, yet they are unsuspecting. The profile also said that the offender would make certain to never offend anyone who could be connected to him.
I believe it's more likely that the EAR falls into the lower percentile of that profile up there. Although the studies gathered similarities of criminals (similarly committed crimes, criminal's background info, etc.), and therefore it's likely that other criminals will be like those studied, not ALL will. There will always be some who will not fall into the final profile. Like maybe the EAR.
I also believe that with all this heightened publicity, news and info about him spreading like fire lately, it's just a matter of time before he's finally caught.
Hi Cleopatra,
Since starting this thread I’ve come back around to the idea that the FBI profile is likely the best “picture” of EAR/ONS/GSK we have.