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Table 5. Visionary serial killer (VSK).
| Category | Characteristics |
| Offender profile:Visionary serial killer (VSK) |
-Not psychotic
-Organized nonsocial or disorganized asocial (Burgess et al., 1986) |
| Crime scene |
-“Does not engage in staging or deliberately altering the scene to disguise the purpose of the crime(s)” (Holmes & Holmes, 2002, p. 112)
-Chaotic, uncontrolled crime scene -Overkill -Weapon at scene -Maybe penile penetration or object penetration |
| Forensic findings |
-Strangles, ligature, garrote, and so forth
-In touch with reality and lives with real world successfully on daily basis but not as well as they might wish -May engage in sexual behavior with victims as test, victim punishment, or power but not aberrant sex |
| Victim |
-Strangers
-Conscious level needs to eradicate certain persons: prostitutes, ethnic or racial group, homosexuals, other bothersome types |
Table 6. Mission serial killer (MSK).
| Category | Characteristics |
| Offender profile:Mission serial killer (MSK) |
-Not psychotic
-Organized nonsocial or disorganized asocial (Burgess et al., 1986) |
| Crime scene |
-“Does not engage in staging or deliberately altering the scene to disguise the purpose of the crime(s)” (Holmes & Holmes, 2002, p. 112)
-Controlled crime scene -Does not overkill -No evidence of torture -No weapon at scene -Body not moved |