

He often transports the body from the crime scene, as well. He's meticulous, has contingency plans, and cleans up after himself. He can lure you into his car, like Ted Bundy, or to meet him through Craigslist, like the Long Island serial killer, and then he strikes.

As a criminologist, Bonn studies the patterns of behaviors.Īn organized serial killer is cunning, charismatic even. Scott Bonn, a professor at Drew University and a criminologist, who is in touch with Hazelwood, explained the difference between these two classifications, how law enforcement uses these characteristics to apprehend the killer, and why both types are equally as dangerous. Based on a large database of closed serial killer cases, law enforcement began inferring patterns from past cases to catch the current serial killers on the loose. While no two serial killers are the same, everyone can be classified into one of two large groups: an organized, or a disorganized serial killer.įormer FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood helped create the FBI's dichotomy approach to better understanding serial killers.
