New York Serial Killer Could Be Versed in Poilce Techniques

Temaz · 10-04-2011 08:01PM #1

Chilling case.

Whoever killed four prostitutes, and possibly four other people, and then dumped their bodies in heavy underbrush along a beachfront causeway on Long Island appears to have a sophisticated understanding of police investigative techniques, according to people briefed on the case.

A series of taunting phone calls made to the teenage sister of one of the victims — calls that the police suspect came from the killer — were made from in or around some of the most crowded locations in New York City, including Madison Square Garden and Times Square, according to the people briefed on the case and to the mother of Melissa Barthelemy, that victim.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/nyregion/09bodies.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=serial%20killer&st=cse

seanybiker · 10-04-2011 08:02PM

Could be an alright movie

Hookah · 10-04-2011 08:03PM

He's probably been watching CSI.

Temaz · 10-04-2011 08:05PM

You have to feel for family members getting those phone calls. Really disturbing stuff.

racso1975 · 10-04-2011 08:09PM

Yeah it's nightmare stuff alright between maybe finding out you daughter was on the game, to finding out she was murdered the getting calls from the sick fluck who did it! Really is a tragic time for them

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 10-04-2011 08:09PM

Dexter strikes again!

HavingCrack · 10-04-2011 08:49PM

It seems like the investigators think it's a police officer or federal agent of some sort.

El Horseboxo · 10-04-2011 09:30PM

Thanks to tv shows that work closely with police liasons anybody could kill and make it look like they know how police conduct investigations.

orourkeda · 10-04-2011 09:31PM

Did the gardai teach him how to get away with rape?

Cormacp6 · 10-04-2011 09:34PM

Hookah wrote: »

He's probably been watching CSI.

No No No
He wouldn't learn anything from CSI hes been watching some criminal minds.

Rodin · 10-04-2011 09:34PM

So someone clever enough not to leave the phone on all the timemust be 'versed in police thechniques'? Give me a break

I suppose all those guys with gloves and balaclavas must also be ex-cops, because if they see yer face, they'll know who it is!

TeddyTedson · 10-04-2011 09:43PM

Isn't this the plot from phonebox?

Richard Dower · 10-04-2011 10:08PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect

cafecolour · 10-04-2011 10:36PM

I think there's actually a significant number of serial kilers that were basically failed cops - i.e. they wanted to be officers, big into it/big police groupies, but couldn't pass the psychological bits.

Saila · 10-04-2011 10:39PM

cafecolour wrote: »

but couldn't pass the psychological bits.

yeah that one kept getting me, "do you dream of torturing puppies and chopping them up?"

I keep saying yes :mad:

Wolflikeme · 10-04-2011 10:43PM

Rodin wrote: »

So someone clever enough not to leave the phone on all the timemust be 'versed in police thechniques'? Give me a break

I suppose all those guys with gloves and balaclavas must also be ex-cops, because if they see yer face, they'll know who it is!

The locations, detectives say, were probably chosen because they allowed the caller to blend into crowds, so that if investigators pinpointed his location from the cellphone’s signal, they would be unable to pick him out of the crowd using any nearby surveillance cameras.

“He is a guy who is aware of how we utilize technology,” one investigator said. “Frankly, people are thinking maybe he could be a cop” — either one still in law enforcement or one who has moved on.

"The investigator, and several others, emphasized that the idea that the killer could be an active or former law enforcement officer was just one theory being examined by homicide investigators in Suffolk County, where the bodies were found."

Maybe try reading the article....properly.

ejmaztec · 10-04-2011 11:01PM

Wolflikeme wrote: »

Maybe try reading the article....properly.

But this is After Hours.:eek:

Jesus Wept · 10-04-2011 11:29PM

If he were smart, he wouldn't be making any phone calls.

Le King · 11-04-2011 12:48AM

The-Rigger wrote: »

If he were smart, he wouldn't be making any phone calls.

If he was that smart he wouldn't go around killing people.

Saila · 11-04-2011 12:51AM

Le King wrote: »

If he was that smart he wouldn't go around killing people.

and getting caught, its only a matter of time

bonerm · 11-04-2011 12:54AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Isn't this the plot from phonebox?

Phonebox? Was that that movie that starred the guy from Alexander the Deadly?

HavingCrack · 11-04-2011 02:12AM

cafecolour wrote: »

I think there's actually a significant number of serial kilers that were basically failed cops - i.e. they wanted to be officers, big into it/big police groupies, but couldn't pass the psychological bits.

Apparently there's actually quite a significant correlation between, as you say, failed police and serial killers as a proportion. Generally they don't have the sexual linj other killers have, it's more about saying fcuk you to society.

OutlawPete · 11-04-2011 02:15AM

Do we know it's a 'he' for sure?

Lets not forget one serial killer in recent times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3NHxW7K064

HavingCrack · 11-04-2011 02:23AM

OutlawPete wrote: »

Do we know it's a 'he' for sure?

Lets not forget one serial killer in recent times:

Males make up the vast majority of serial killers (95% or so) so it probably is a he using the law of averages. Interestingly, the most prolific known murderer in history was female however. Elizabeth Bathory was estimated to have killed 600 people in the 1600's :eek:

vampire of kilmainham · 11-04-2011 02:52AM

orourkeda wrote: »

Did the gardai teach him how to get away with rape?

i was waiting for that one:D:D:D

vampire of kilmainham · 11-04-2011 02:58AM

id say it's Grissom:eek::eek::eek:;););)

vampire of kilmainham · 11-04-2011 03:01AM

bonerm wrote: »

Phonebox? Was that that movie that starred the guy from Alexander the Deadly?

no it was the movie that stared colin farrell and it was boiring sh1t as well:(

vampire of kilmainham · 11-04-2011 03:03AM

O i forgot it also stared a phonebox:D

vampire of kilmainham · 11-04-2011 03:14AM

it could be det sgt deegan in fair city:(:D

SuperInfinity · 11-04-2011 03:29AM

Hookah wrote: »

He's probably been watching CSI.

I know this was said in jest, but police investigators constantly say this over and over. The criminals are picking up things from shows like CSI. If you watch the Crime channel, they have said this many times about how they are more clever now because of it... with CSI being the most notorious of all for this.

Of course this type of information was in the public before, but the real stuff only slowly perculated through various media with varied responses from criminals....:

Books.... nothing.
TV documentaries.... nothing.
Interweb..... nothing.
Prime-time fictional tv series.... every damn criminal in the world turns into an expert forensics criminologist. -___-

Bosco boy · 11-04-2011 07:57AM

HavingCrack wrote: »

Apparently there's actually quite a significant correlation between, as you say, failed police and serial killers as a proportion. Generally they don't have the sexual linj other killers have, it's more about saying fcuk you to society.

Sounds like half of boards.ie posters

New York Serial Killer Could Be Versed in Poilce Techniques

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