MINDHUNTER Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit John Douglas and Mark Olshaker A Lisa Drew Book SCRIBNER New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore SCRIBNER 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Visit us on the World Wide Web: www.SimonandSchuster.com Copyright ©1995 by Mindhunters, Inc. All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. SCRIBNER and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster Inc. Includes index. ISBN 0-684-86447-9 eISBN 978-0-6848-6447-1 By the Same Authors John Douglas Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives, with Robert K. Ressler and Ann W. Burgess Crime Classification Manual, with Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, and Robert K. Ressler Mark Olshaker Nonfiction The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience Fiction Einstein’s Brain Unnatural Causes Blood Race The Edge To the men and women of the FBI Behavioral Science and Investigative Support Units, Quantico, Virginia, past and present—fellow explorers, partners on the journey. Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o’erwhelm them, to men’s eyes. —William Shakespeare, Hamlet Authors’ Note This book has been very much a team effort, and it could not have been accomplished without the tremendous talents and dedication of each member of that team. Chief among them are our editor, Lisa Drew, and our project coordinator and "executive producer" (and Mark’s wife), Carolyn Olshaker. Right from the beginning, they both shared our vision and provided the strength, confidence, love, and good counsel that nurtured us through the effort to realize it. Our profound gratitude and admiration go equally to Ann Hennigan, our talented researcher; Marysue Rucci, Lisa’s able, indefatigable, and endlessly cheerful assistant; and our agent, Jay Acton, who was the first to recognize the potential of what we wanted to do and then made it happen. Our special thanks go to John’s father, Jack Douglas, for all of his recollections and for so carefully documenting his son’s career, making organization a breeze; and to Mark’s father, Bennett Olshaker, M.D., for all of his advice and guidance on issues of forensic medicine and psychiatry and the law. We are both extremely fortunate to have the families we do, and their love and generosity are always with us. Finally, we want to express our appreciation, admiration, and heartfelt thanks to all of John’s colleagues at the FBI Academy in Quantico. Their character and contribution is what made the career chronicled in this work possible, which is why the book is dedicated to them. —John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, July 1995 Contents Prologue: I Must Be in Hell Chapter 1: Inside the Mind of a Killer Chapter 2: My Mother’s Name Was Holmes Chapter 3: Betting on Raindrops Chapter 4: Between Two Worlds Chapter 5: Behavioral Science or BS? Chapter 6: Taking the Show on the Road Chapter 7: The Heart of Darkness Chapter 8: The Killer Will Have a Speech Impediment Chapter 9: Walking in the Shoes Chapter 10: Everybody Has a Rock Chapter 11: Atlanta Chapter 12: One of Our Own Chapter 13: The Most Dangerous Game Chapter 14: Who Killed the All-American Girl? Chapter 15: Hurting the Ones We Love Chapter 16: "God Wants You to Join Shari Faye" Chapter 17: Anyone Can Be a Victim Chapter 18: Battle of the Shrinks Chapter 19: Sometimes the Dragon Wins Photo Insert