What are the traits serial killers may exhibit when they were younger, that may shape them into becoming a serial killer?
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What are the traits serial killers may exhibit when they were younger, that may shape them into becoming a serial killer?
Serial killers often start young, and test boundaries with animals including family or neighborhood pets. Large percentage of violent offenders have episodes of animal abuse in their childhood histories, they can capture cats and dogs as a child and trap them in boxes, shooting arrows at the defenseless animals for sport. Psychopaths tend to be loners, so if a child who was once gregarious and outgoing becomes shy and antisocial, this could be an issue. Jeffrey Dahmer was a social, lively child until his parents moved to Ohio for his father’s new job. There, he regressed – allegedly after being sexually molested – and began focusing his attention on dissecting road kill rather than developing friendships.
Serial killers are usually smart. While their IQ is not usually the reason why serial killers elude police for so long, many have very high IQs. Edmund Kemper was this close to being considered a genius, his IQ was 136, just four points beneath the 140 mark that earns genius status, and he used his intelligence to create complex cons that got him released from prison early after killing his grandparents, allowing eight more women to die.