The Disorganized Killer

The term disorganized, is based on the same factors that defined organized offender: victim and crime scene analysis, forensic evaluation, and assessment of the act itself. The unplanned, spontaneous nature of the disorganized offender's crime is reflected in each of these factors. The disorganization may be the result of youthfulness, lack of criminal sophistication, drug/alcohol use, and/or mental deficiency.

The victim of a disorganized offender may be know t the offender because he often selects a victim of opportunity near his residence or employment. The victim is often from his own geographic area because this type of offender acts impulsively under stress and also because he derives confidence in familiar surroundings.

The crime scene of a disorganized offender may reflects the spontaneous or impulsiveness of this offender. It is random and sloppy with great disarray. Sudden violence may be evident. a blitz style attack. Depersonalization maybe evident by the victim's face being covered or rolled on the stomach. There is no or minimal attempts to conceal the body.

Disorganized offenders are often of below-average intelligence. The body may be positioned or discarded in a way that has special significance to the offender.

Disorganized offenders are often:

-socially inept
-have strong feelings of inadequacy.
-usually lives alone/or with parental figures.
-lives or works close to the crime scene.
-history of inconsistent or poor work performance.
-lack of interpersonal skills.
-those that know him consider him odd.
-sloppy and disheveled.
-nocturnal habits.