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Serial Murder: An Elusive Phenomenon

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The first sentence of Egger's 1984 doctoral dissertation should not be forgotten. He BEGAN with the idea of linkage blindness and continues to use it to this day. Yet Egger was in the midst of major multi-jurisdictional task forces (e.g. Lucas), regional information centers, expert team efforts (e.g.Brooks in Atlanta), and, Sam Houston hosted around 5 federal agencies planning VICAP. Where was the linkage blindness in all this horizontal networking? Talking is not the problem--or an answer. The word is victim linkage and early detection to achieve apprehension--police needed new solutions. What were the premises of ICAP, upon which VICAP was based? Why not develop new solutions--as we did in 1979? For 20 years, we've heard about "linkage blindness" and "nothing is known." If nothing is known, why write on this topic? People should start to demand more from so called experts.

The first sentence of Egger's 1984 doctoral dissertation should not be forgotten. He BEGAN with the idea of linkage blindness and continues to use it to this day. Yet Egger was in the midst of major multi-jurisdictional task forces (e.g. Lucas), regional information centers, expert team efforts (e.g.Brooks in Atlanta), and, Sam Houston hosted around 5 federal agencies planning VICAP. Where was the linkage blindness in all this horizontal networking? Talking is not the problem. Nor is it an answer. The word is victim linkage, early detection and apprehension--police needed new solutions. What happened to ICAP, the basis of VICAP? Why not create new solutions, as ICAP did, instead of saying, "linkage blindness" and "nothing is known." If that's the case, why continue to write the same book for 20 years? People should start to demand more from experts.