8. William Butterworth 28, w/m
• Born in Nebraska
• Sister child movie star
• looked like Sherri Fager
• Testimony by Butterworth allowed under
hypnosis
• Stated why he hated his sister
10. Dennis Rader
• Born in 1945
• One of 3 children, all boys
• “Normal” childhood
• Quiet
• No arrests/unusual behavior
11. Rader cont.
• Joined Air Force – electronics
• Honorable discharge
• Graduated from WSU:
- 1979 Administration of Justice
• Wanted to pursue law
enforcement career
12. Employment cont.
• Repaired electronics
• Worked for alarm
company
• Worked for U.S. Census
• Employed by Park City
as Compliance
Investigator
13. Offender risk Rader
• Low risk
• Random
• Preplanning
• Fantasy based
• Never had partners
• No past criminal history
14. Offender risk Green
• Lots of risk
• Daytime hours
• Knew victim
• Previous criminal history
• Met victim through his work
• Drove his own car
15. Offender risk Elms
• Lots of risk
• He knew the victim
• Left semen at the scene
• Lived next door
17. Police Involvement
• Call from off duty officer after he breaks
into the apartment.
• Arrive find victim but car is missing.
• Car recovered one block away.
• Phone recorder missing.
• Work out local leads till June 28, 1989
19. Police Involvement
• Call of attempt abduction
• Michelle is attacked in her apartment
• Suspect is a bm and has a pellet pistol
• Later Ids Grissom
• Attempts to walk her out to her car.
21. Police Involvement
• Victim reported missing after not calling
her father.
• Victim was parting in Westport till
3:00A.M.
• Necklace found on floor belong to neighbor
• Victims car recovered in Lawrence on June
25, 1989.
22. Richard Grissom
• Born in Korea Father an African-American
serviceman Mother a Korean prostitute.
• Adopted by the Grissom family.
• Stationed in California until Grissom is 15.
• Told of his ancestry.
• Grissom commits first burglary and animal
kill.
• Move to Leavenworth, Ks.
23. Police Involvement
• Called to burglary find victim
• Fingerprint recovered of Grissom
• Tracks in snow lead to Grissom hiding
• Convicted never admits to crime
• Escapes three times while in YCAT
• Serves less than three years for the murder
24. The race to catch Grissom
• Leaves Lawrence with Frenchie
• Motel 6 in Lenexa, Ks.
• Metcalf Storage
• ID of girls found on Metcalf
• Stolen car from KC
• Chicago connection
• Dallas, Tx.
• Interview of Richard Grissom.
26. Police Involvement
• Girls fail to show up for work
• Apartment is processed.
• Traces of evidence found of a black male at
the apartment.
• Rousch’s car is missing.
• Car recovered with damage and ID
27. Trial preparation
• Alibi witnesses
• Prove the girls are missing
• Raytown storage
• Arenal interview
• 60-455
• DNA
30. Offender Risk Grissom
• Less risk at initial atacks after first
homicide
• Pass key or knew victim
• Not from Wichita
• Kept property (high risk)
• Disposed of bodies low risk
31. • Turvey does not believe in Organized and
Disorganized offenders.
• Turvey divides Offender Characteristics
into two categories.
• Offender age is not easily determined and
the profiler is rarely wrong.
• One of the phases of Deductive Profiling is
the Trial phase.
• A threshold assessment is not a document
that reviews the initial evidence at a scene.
