Pat Brown

“In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.”

“All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.”

“Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike.”

“Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.”

“What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the killer.”

“Using MO to link crimes can be problematic.”

“The most important issue for the killer is the ability to get a victim easily and successfully.”

“Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations.”

“Serial killing is not about sex at all, but about power and control and revenge on society.”

“While there are many wonderful police investigators out there doing some very fine work, the majority of the time it is not brains that catches serial killers.”

“Often, a serial killer has no felony record.”