Profile of the Michigan Child Killer (Babysitter)

The Babysitter Serial Killer Profile: Sunday, June 29, 2008

This profile is "retrospective" and is compiled as the predator would have been in 1976 & 77.

Highly Organized Predator: This type of person fits well into society. He is often gregarious and out-going and often gets his way with people because of his manipulative manner. He is a pathological liar and has a chameleon personality. This predator selects his victims from an area which he is perfectly familiar with. He is highly intuitive and very observant.

He selects victims he can control and dominate, he also selects the site of the attack, stalks the victim and researches his craft. The crime scene will reflect controlled rage in the form of ropes, chains, gags or handcuffs present or on the victim. There is often evidence of torture, rape and aggressive act prior to death. This predator doesn't collect trophies in the form of jewelry or other personal items of the deceased. In this case, his trophy is the last breath or a lock of hair probably from the back of his victims heads. This serial killer/predator I believe may inhale the last breath of his child victims. He covets and collects their souls or "life essence".

This organized offender follows the news media and won't communicate with the police through letters or phone calls, not taunting the police and pointing out his superiority. He feels his superiority as self evident. This predator doesn't have the need to communicate in this way however, he derives his "pleasure" from being a mystery and his knowing that the police are, in his estimation, ineffective so this provides joy or an ego boost for himself therefor, there is no reason for him to taunt police as he also views such an act as a laps in security and unnecessary. He desires to be "invisible and legendary", this gives him the illusion of being like a phantom and in his mind, a superhuman creature that invades the nightmares of the public. He enjoys the fear of others and truly believes he is superior yet misunderstood. He longs for greatness and glory but not in a way in which most would as he has already obtained it by his actions. He enjoys his anonymity like wearing a magic cloak of invisibility. This predator seems to know or understand the intimate details of the investigation.

Age: 25-37
Sex: M
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status/ Adjustment: Married/Divorced

Intelligence:
Above average bordering on highly intelligent. This individual has a mind for details with an exacting memory. He is able to use his intelligence to obtain the things he needs or to manipulate people in such a way that they are unaware. He is very insightful and knows how to second guess people. He is often times impatient with those who he deems less intelligent.


Scholastic Achievement/ Adjustment:
This individual feels that "schools" are too slow or lacking for his participation. High School diploma at the most or some Community College/Tech School. This individual is a very capable mathematician.


Life Style:
Married but estranged while residing with his wife or divorced. He would be controlling and distant to his spouse. He is mascarading as a heterosexual. This individual will travel 50 miles or more to find "gay or homosexual" venues to act out his sexuality.

Rearing Environment:
This individual seems to have come from a broken home and is more than likely an only child. This child also suffered sexual abuse from a relative or close family friend from the age of 9 to 15 with an exceptional amount of frequency between the ages of 10 and 12. It is believed that his mother was responsible for the development of his "cleaning fetish" which is visible as an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It would also seem plausible that his mother reinforced the concept that "children are dirty creatures" and therefor she bathed or cleaned him herself well into puberty focusing on his genitals and rectum. His mother knew of his sexual experiences and interjected her religious ideologies into a "ritual" of cleansing her son. It would also seem plausible that his mothers sexual frustrations were acted out on her son. She felt since her son was more desirable to the males in her household she must act upon this in the manner in which she did. The result of the abuse, sexual and ritualistic, has caused this predator to envy so called "normal" families. His mother probably used "sodomy by object" as a form of punishment. This predator is Catholic and more than likely attends services regularly as this will put him in contact with more children. She felt this was an acceptable method of "punishment".

The predators father would have been uneducated or worked as a laborer. He would have been emotionally distant and abusive. The father would have more than likely abused alcohol and display an explosive temper. He would have exercised total control of the household and his focus of attack would have been more than often, his son (predator). His father would also utilize confinement and restraint as forms of punishment which is later acted out in his forced "captivity" of his victims.


Social Adjustment:
He has learned at a young age how to keep secrets and to "act" as if normal. He can interact quite well with others around him in social situations but tends to politely avoid group events or social invitations that interfere with his "personal time". This predator can maintain his "lone state" in a room full of crowded people. He has little patience or time for normal social interactions. He will use social occasions in order to target victims. I am quite certain that he has spoken often to his victims parents.

Personality Style / Characteristics:
This type of person fits well into society as a fixture or piece of furniture would in a room. He is often gregarious and out-going and often gets his way with people because of his manipulative manner. He is a pathological liar and has a chameleon personality. This individual is likable and helpful. His personality would be disarming and he can gain the trust of others quite easily. He is a good listener and often times provides sound advice to those around him. He is quite good a problem solving but not for himself.

Demeanor: Outgoing but often times withdrawn or paranoid. When withdrawn he will pretend to have a mild illness such as a migraine or a light touch of the flu. He will interact with neighbors who have children but no more than to gain access. He is the sort of neighbor who will wave at his other neighbors and offer a smile as he leaves for work or returns.


Appearance/ Grooming:
This predator enjoys his OCD and projects this "cleansing" to his victims not only to remove evidence but to recapture his essence from his victims. This predator is vain but also has a great deal of self hatred or self loathing. His clothes would always been neat and clean and the use of gloves often would also fit his personality profile. He will frequently bathe or shower and this is where he will practice self sexual stimulation and gratification. He also develops his fantasies while bathing or showering. This mans manner of dress will be immaculate and he will select clothing color based on their relationship to "power, authority and trust." A clean cut snappy dresser.


Emotional Adjustment:
This individual has blunted emotions. He also has trouble sleeping and struggles with racing thoughts. He gets his "emotional cues" from those around him and is unable to feel compassion or remorse. He is angry that he has to live his life in the closet and his victims represent "innocence" and he feels he has a right to make them suffer for his own projected pain. It angers him that his target child doesn't suffer the same as he has and further feels he must correct this. His rage is controlled and channeled into his abilities and techniques. He derives pleasure from the hunt, the capture, the transporting, securing, manipulating, and forcing his victim to plead.

This predator will more than likely force his victims to beg him for sex with promises of release if they comply. He enjoys this until the victim realizes that a release is not forthcoming, the victim then becomes vocal and rebellious, which he will in response begin the process of death. He chooses suffocation/asphyxiation as it silences the voice and he can control the duration of their suffering and end their life slowly while he savours the moment. This man has a God complex. He too is invisible and forces a form of worship and obedience from his victims. He enjoys having the power over life and death. He is a master manipulator. He will fluctuate from being emotionally immature to mature. He will often times when alone pretend to be a child again and verbalize his internal thoughts during this time. He also is fascinated by the media coverage and overall community fear and monitors this during and after each kidnapping. The reasons for his selection of victims would be that they are representative of children from his past who did not have to suffer as he did. His world was created by adults who abused him and therefor he feels as part of his revenge he is therefor entitled to create a "world" for his victims to suffer in. This predator has contemplated or attempted suicide in his past and more than likely did so with a firearm. The predator although had ideas of suicide did not follow through with it prior to the attacks.


Residence In Relation To Crime Scene(s):
This individuals ego allows him to live in close proximity to his victims. He knows the county quite well and more than likely branches out from the center being his place of residence in all directions like an omnipotent being who feels the universe centers around him. He feels he is superior in intelligence and therefor does not fear being caught and is operating near his safe zone. He believes he is in control of his geographical location and has constantly studied it over the years. This (knowledge) would also play a role in the type of employment he would seek and obtain. He enjoys his "power" and "invisibility" as he takes his victims and deposits them close to himself and close to their homes. He will live in a home where he can have a basement or "dungeon". If in town, the house will have privacy fencing or if in a rural setting will have a gated driveway. The home he chooses may be out of character for the neighborhood in which he lives. It would be well kept and "pretentious". This predator carefully calculates time, distance, and the potential of discovery when he selects a victim. He knows their home address, the number of people living in the home and their habits. He feels quite at ease in taking his victims in broad daylight which indicates he has mastered the skill of stalking and plan execution. He also knows that when he deposits a body that all law enforcement will focus on that area therefor he will take his next victim in sequence and away from the deposit area. His movements which include abduction and deposit are similar to chess moves.


Socioeconomic Status:
As a child this predator came from a lower scale economic family which would have had parents who abused alcohol and or drugs.
He is currently lower middle class (working class) always attempting to clime the financial and social ladder in order to prove he is viable, validated and superior to his humble upbringing. This predator is either in a law enforcement job (sheriffs deputy, i.e.) or trucking/delivery. He has a job which allows him to be either authoritative or non-threatening. He is in fact approachable.

Type of Sexual Perversion or Disturbance:
Child rapist, bully, S&M/Bondage practitioner. This individual sees himself as an Alpha wolf, one who dominates and controls and is in no way submissive or passive. He enjoys children because they are easily controlled and represent everything he is not. He chooses children who are alone. He prefers boys but will take a girl simply for the "kill fix". I'm quite certain that he used the girls he took to perform menial chores around the house such as cleaning and preparing him food. He would also punish these female children for the perceived "sins" of his mother. He picks boys who appear to be timid or weak, and all the victims could have been related if we compare their physical features.

The predator may share similar physical characteristics (dating back to his childhood) with the children he took. This man is an emotional and psychological chameleon and once his methods are widely known he may change his method of killing or to "change up" in order to keep his invisibility secure. He will continue to control, torture, rape and kill, but will change his method of disposing of the bodies. Those he really enjoyed, he will bury in the ground or deposit in a body of water, thus giving them "invisibility" as he feels he has, others he will dispose of in a far less decent manner. He has our attention and obtained it in 1976 & 77 and he knows he's kept it since those years. This closeted homosexual pedophile is by now out of the closet as a homosexual but could not be during those years. Being in the closet adds to his frustration and he feels the world is infringing on his sexual rights, this enraged him as much as his perceived "sexual curse".

Anal penetration of his victims is aggressive or violent/forceful. This is to exact the most pain and response from his victims. He enjoys the screaming and pleading. He enjoys having no mercy and the physical resistance to his actions. The movement or resistance thrills him. It reminds him he is controlling a human life by shear force of his power and will. He will utilize a mechanism of suffocation which is familiar to him as he learned this as a child. Possibly a pillow as it is certain that he has hidden is own face in a pillow while being sodomized as a child and wishing he were dead. If he uses a plastic bag it is so he can still view the face which reveals a persons humanity.

Facial expressions and movement of his victims also thrill this predator. He "dehumanizes" his victims during his overall process. He feels he has a right to do these things and they have it coming. He will continue until he is stopped by outside forces or people. He will "migrate" to other hunting grounds and more than likely seek employment that will afford him this freedom. I would recommend that law enforcement overcome "linkage blindness" and seek out similar victims in other jurisdictions. Don't look for identical methods of death or disposal techniques but be more concerned with the physical appearance of the child and age. This predator is a "chameleon" and will change in many ways as he becomes more creative, skilled and self-empowered.

Motive: Thrill killing/God Complex/Egocentric Boosting, Narcissistic & To Inflict Pain On "Normal" Families which he did not have. Sadist. He is enraged by children having happy normal lives, which he did not have. He feels entitled to do the things he does.

Indicators: This individual took the children on either Wednesday or Sunday. These are considered "church days" in the effected community. Only one victim received a "shot gun blast" to the face. This was the only child who was "defiant". She (the victim indicates this type personality due to the fact that she was the runaway.) She was obviously not as obedient and submissive as he desired. He made certain she saw it coming. He wanted her to suffer for defying him but most of all he wanted her to fear him.