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Psychopaths: A Case Study
Psychopaths have been around since the beginning of time. Cain from the Old Testament in the Bible would be the first. The famous psychiatrist, Hervey Cleckey, mentioned that the Athenian general Alcibiacles was probably a psychopath. He also thinks the Roman emperor Caligula could be one. He says that many psychopaths come from a rank of authority of some sort. That is somewhat true. One of the traits on the “How to Identify a Psychopath Hare Checklist” is “Look for a grandiose self-perception.” Which means that they believe that they smarter and/or more powerful than they actually are. There is no full answer to how someone becomes a psychopathy. Some psychologists have some evidence showing that psychopathy is highly functioning …show more content…
He was killed with three shots from a .22 gun. The case went cold after a few months. On June 1, David Spears was found naked in the woods in Citrus County, Florida near Interstate 95. He was also shot multiple times with a .22. They also found used condom near the body. A few days after David Spears was found, Charles Carskaddon was found naked near Interstate 95. He was also killed with a .22. On July 4, the Marion County sheriff’s department found a car with no licence plates, completely wrecked. They also found a bloody hand print that belonged to Aileen Wuornos. They figured out that the car belonged to Peter Siems who disappeared on June 7. His body has not been found to this day. August 4, Try Burress’ body was found in the Ocala National Forest off Highway 19. He was killed with a .22. Dick Humphreys body was found on September 12 shot 7 times with a .22. A month after Humphreys was found, Walter Gino Antonio was found nude on a logging road in Dixie County. He was shot 4 times with a .22. Captain Steve Binegar, commander of the Marion County Sheriffs Criminal Investigation Division, heard about the crimes in Citrus and Pasco Counties and he could not ignore the similarities between all of them. No one picked up hitchhikers anymore, so he thought that the killers had to be non-threatening to the victims. He then suspected women. To be …show more content…
None of them had a criminal record. The bloody handprint was the key. They matched it to a Lori Grody. Lori Grody, Susan Blahovec, and Cammie Greene were all aliases for Aileen Wuornos. In 1991, two officers went undercover to search for Wuornos. They had beers with her at two different bars one night. They met up again with her the next day and arrested her as Lori Grody for an outstanding warrant. They found Ty Moore and had her statement and they found out everything. They had Moore call Wuornos in jail everyday, while the call was tapped, hoping that she would confess. She thought she was in jail as Lori Grody. She then would talk about the crimes in code to Moore. A few phone calles assed and Wuornos became suspicious of Moore. She cared about Moore so she confessed so Moore would be

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