Serial Murder

by Keppel, Robert D.

• ISBN13: 9780932930842
• ISBN10: 0932930840
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-06-01
• Publisher: Anderson Pub Co

Summary

In this essential guide for criminal justice professionals, an expert homicide investigator and researcher explores the daunting task of investigating serial murders. Robert D. Keppel presents five detailed profiles of savage killers, to demonstrate how the smallest procedural detail can assure or wreck successful prosecution, and suggests how investigators can plug the loopholes. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Robert D. Keppel is President of the Institute for Forensic in Seattle, Washington. He retired after 17 years as the Chief Criminal Investigator with the Washington State Attorney General's Office, and has more than 25 years of homicide experience. He has participated in more than 2000 murder investigations, and was chief investigator in the Ted Bundy murder cases in the Pacific Northwest

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Larry Eyler
Facts	p. 15
Issues on Appeal	p. 19
Appellate Court's Conclusion and Reasoning	p. 19
Notes	p. 21
Wayne B. Williams
Facts	p. 25
Issues on Appeal	p. 28
Supreme Court's Conclusion and Reasoning	p. 29
Notes	p. 33
John Gacy
Facts	p. 37
Issues on Appeal	p. 39
Supreme Court's Conclusion and Reasoning	p. 39
Notes	p. 42
Juan Corona
Facts	p. 47
Issues on Appeal	p. 52
Supreme Court's Conclusion and Reasoning	p. 53
Notes	p. 54
Theodore Bundy
Facts	p. 60
Issues on Appeal	p. 64
Supreme Court's Conclusion and Reasoning	p. 65
Notes	p. 68
Implications for Police Investigations
Task Force Organization	p. 71
Murders of Opportunity	p. 72
Living Witnesses	p. 74
Mobile Killers	p. 75
Apprehension	p. 77
Physical Evidence Considerations	p. 79
Interviewing Considerations	p. 80
Notes	p. 81
Conclusion
Outline of Procedure for Investigators	p. 83
Investigative Technique	p. 83
Initial Report	p. 83
Interviewing Techniques	p. 84
Crime Scene Investigation	p. 84
Scientific Analysis of Physical Evidence	p. 85
Search and Seizure	p. 85
Advice on Constitutional Rights	p. 85
Investigation of Suspects	p. 86
Preparation for Trial	p. 86
Testimony at Trial	p. 86
Legal Issues Raised on Appeal	p. 87
Police Conduct in Interviewing Witnesses	p. 88
Recommendations	p. 89
The Initial Confrontation of the Suspect by Police	p. 90
Recommendations	p. 91
The Search of the Suspect's Property	p. 92
Recommendations	p. 93
Summary	p. 93
Appendix
Comparative Profiles of Homicide; Attributed to Wayne Williams	p. 95
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