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Douglas et al.: Criminal Profiling from Crime Scene Analysis office. A task force was immediately assembled of approximately 26 detectives and supervisors. An intensive investigation resulted, which included speaking to, and inter- viewing, over 2,000 people. Records checks of known sex offenders in the area proved fruitless. Hand writing samples were taken of possible suspects to com- pare with the writing on the body. Mental hospitals in the area were checked for people who might fit the profile of this type killer. The FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit was contacted to compile a profile. In the profile, the investigation recommendation included that the offender knew that the police sooner or later would contact him because he either worked or lived in the building. The killer would somehow inject himself into the investigation, and although he might appear cooperative to the extreme, he would really be seeking information. In addition, he might try to contact the victim’s family. Apprehension The outcome of the investigation was apprehension of a suspect 13 months following the discovery of the victim’s body. After receiving the criminal profile, police reviewed their files of 22 suspects they had interviewed. One man stood out. This suspect’s father lived down the hall in the same apartment building as the victim. Police originally had interviewed his father, who told them his son was a patient at the local psychiatric hospital. Police learned later that the son had been absent without permission from the hospital the day and evening prior to the murder. They also learned he was an unemployed actor who lived alone, his mother had died of a stroke when he was 19 years old (11 years previous). He had had academic problems of repeating a grade and dropped out of school. He was a white, 30-year-old, never-married male who was an only child. His father was a blue-collar worker who also was an ex-prize fighter. The suspect reportedly had his arm in a cast at the time of the crime. A search of his room revealed a pornography collection. He had never been in the military, had no girlfriends, and was described as being insecure with women. The man suffered from depres- sion and was receiving psychiatric treatment and hospitalization. He had a history of repeated suicidal attempts (hanging/asphyxiation) both before and after the offense. The suspect was tried, found guilty, and is serving a sentence from 25 years to life for this mutilation murder. He denies committing the murder and states he did not know the victim. Police proved that security was lax at the psychiatric hospital in which the suspect was confined and that he could literally come and go as he pleased. However, the most conclusive evidence against him at his trial were his teeth impressions. Three separate forensic dentists, prominent in their field, conducted independent tests and all agreed that the suspect’s teeth impres- sions matched the bite marks found on the victim’s body. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & THE LAW