In terms of motivation, most serial killers kill not for love, money or revenge but for the fun of it. They enjoy the thrill, the sexual satisfaction or the dominance they have over the lives of their victims. One trait that separates serial killers from the average they are very skillful in pleasing themselves so they appear as beyond suspicion. This is part of why they are so difficult to track down and arrest. The serial killer rarely ever uses a firearm. A gun would end the victims life to soon. The killer would rather use something like a knife or, something that would make it way slower so they can have fun with the victim and torture him. The killer also enjoys the experience of the whole murder.
Currently a very popular view is that most serial killers are not just insane either medically insane or legal sense. they know right from wrong, they know exactly what there doing the result of their actions. They can control the desire to kill, but they decide not to do so,......
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