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Police in France are investigating whether another serial killer is on the loose, after four people were killed in similar circumstances south of Paris.
The latest victim was a 47-year-old mother, named by French media as Nadjia Lahsene, who was shot dead outside her home in Grigny, a suburb in the southern outskirts of the capital.
She was killed by a gunman who fled on a motorbike - recalling the method used by Islamist extremist Mohammed Merah.
Merah was killed by officers in southern France last month after committing seven murders.
Originally posted by Droidinvoid
This very sad set of circumstances seems to be a very convenient platform for Mr Sarkozy to present the French public once again with a leader who has the peoples best interests at heart , the fact that he will be using another shooting spree to appeal to the French voting public strikes me as fortuitous to say the least. I hope I am wrong , but something smells with the timings of events happening in France at this time. The fact another maniac as we are led to believe is gunning people down creates the perfect scenario for panic , that is just the thing needed for election purposes.
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A serial killer is typically defined as an individual who has killed 3 or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time (a "cooling off period") between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification. Some sources disregard the "three or more" criteria, and define the term as "a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone" or, including the vital characteristics, a minimum of at least two murders. Often, a sexual element is involved in the killings, but the FBI states that motives for serial murder include "anger, thrill, financial gain, and attention seeking".
Originally posted by silent thunder
reply to post by Frankenchrist
Huh, no kidding. Very interesting.
Let me take this opportunity to ask you, then: Did you discover anything through the autopsy that gave any insight into the crimes? And more generally, in cases like this do autopsy-performers look for anything different than they would with a more "normal" death? Just curious. Its a topic I know nothing about whatsoever.edit on 4/7/2012 by silent thunder because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Frankenchrist
Why say serial killer?
if its islamic, its political, or Hit type killings.
I wouldnt say serial.
Spree killer maybe?
not serial.
There is no sexual aspect to it.
Originally posted by PhoenixOD
reply to post by Frankenchrist
Anyone who kills more than twice can be called a serial killer. Sex has nothing to do with it.
Originally posted by Frankenchrist
Why say serial killer?
if its islamic, its political, or Hit type killings.
I wouldnt say serial.
Spree killer maybe?
not serial.
There is no sexual aspect to it.
Originally posted by Frankenchrist
I actually performed an autopsy on a suspected serial killer.
West Mesa Murders
A pimp shot him after the suspect killed a prostitute.