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The murderer of old women - case study of criminal profile

This material is a practical case to illustrate the document "Criminal Psychological Profile". At this point in the work, a real case of what may be the last serial killer case in Spain will be dealt with. The objective of this section is conduct a criminal psychological profile of this murderer from the information that appeared in the different media.

It is clear that the conditions in which this profile is to be carried out are not methodologically correct since we cannot make an evaluation of the crime scene, we are unable to access forensic investigation data, much of the information we use may be biased, erroneous or incomplete. In any case, the criminological profile always has as its enemy the absence of information to a greater or lesser degree. However, the objective is to see how we could work with the data we have to make a profile of the old lady killer, a criminal profile case study.

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Index

  1. The criminal profile case study
  2. The profile
  3. The suspect
  4. Reflection

The criminal profile case study.

On June 10, 2006, an 83-year-old woman appears dead in her house in Barcelona, ​​with signs of violence. On June 27 and 30, two other old women who died in similar circumstances reappear in the same city. The deaths occur from a blow to the head and strangulation. It seems that theft is not the motive, indeed, it seems that there is no motive other than simple deaths. On July 3, an old woman was attacked at her home in Barcelona who was left unconscious after a blow to the head and an attempted strangulation. For all this, the police believe they are facing a case of serial murders.

July 4, 2006, 3:20 p.m. EUROPE PRESS

An elderly woman was attacked last night at her home in Barcelona when she was alone, in what could be another act of the alleged murderer who has already killed three other elderly women in less than a month. However, this time the victim has survived. According to Cadena SER, before 11 pm yesterday a woman, presumably the suspect, of between 45 and 55 years old, he entered an apartment at number 85 Urgell street, in the Eixample neighborhood - near the place where the last two deaths occurred - and attacked the old woman. He reportedly hit the victim on the head and attempted to strangle her. The old woman was knocked unconscious, so the alleged assailant might have thought that she was already dead. Shortly after, the victim recovered slightly and she was able to call her emergency call device. The woman did not live alone, but at that time there was no one with her.

This aggression comes after having already found three other elderly women died in similar circumstances. The first case happened on June 10, when an 83-year-old woman appeared dead with signs of violence at her home at number 2 of Via Júlia in the Nou Barris district, where she lived alone. A relative of the victim found the lifeless body on the floor of the living room with obvious signs of having died of violent way, although, in principle, robbery is ruled out as a reason for death because the lock was not forced. The deceased, Josefa C.V., 83 years old and born in Barcelona, ​​used to visit this relative every afternoon and by not answering the phone, this person decided to go look for her at her address. This relative, who had a copy of the keys, was the one who notified the emergency services, which alerted the Mossos. Last Friday, June 30, another 95-year-old woman was found dead under similar circumstances in her apartment at 233 Villarroel street, in the Eixample neighborhood. Finally, last Sunday they found the body of another elderly woman, Maria S.R., 76, in her apartment at 233 Muntaner Street, in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district. From the first moment, the Mossos suspect a woman, although she is not yet identified. The suspect contacts her victims in the streets, parks or churches under any pretext, different each time. His trust is gained and the same day, or days later, depending on the case, the victim lets him into her house, where the assault takes place, presumably a strangulation. At the moment it is considered that theft is not the main motive of the suspect, a woman between 45 and 55 years of age, brunette, probably of South American origin, with short hair, a robust complexion and approximately 1.60 meters tall

July 3, 2006, ABC

The Mossos d'Esquadra are looking for a woman between 45 and 55 years old who has allegedly murdered three old women in less than a month at her home in Barcelona, ​​two of them in the last three days, the Police have reported Autonomous. The alleged murderer, who would have killed the old women after gaining their trust and accessing their homes, could also be the author of the murder that occurred on June 10 in the Barcelona neighborhood of Nou Barris, where Josefa C.V., 83, was found dead. years. The police suspect that this same woman is the one who killed two other 95 and 76-year-old women last Friday and yesterday, who, like the first, lived alone, in their flats. of the Eixample neighborhood of the Catalan capital, although the Mossos have pointed out that the three crimes cannot be attributed with absolute certainty to the alleged murderer. According to sources close to the investigation, the Autonomous Police they shuffle different hypotheses about the mobile of the series of crimes, although at the moment the robbery is not the most credible of them, since in principle no objects of value or money have been missing in the homes of the assaulted. The elderly women were killed in a similar way, apparently beaten and strangled, which is one of the main indications that the crimes They were committed by the same person, who had to enter the houses at the will of the old women, since the door of her domicile was not forced. According to the hypotheses being considered by the police, the murderer would have contacted the victims in the street and, with a different excuse in each case, she managed to gain their trust. The same day that he made contact with the old woman, or a few days later depending on the case, the murderer he managed to get the victim to allow him to enter her home and, once there, he attacked them until he ended his lifetime. Weekend murders The first of the old women, Josefa C.V., 83, was found dead on the night of Saturday, June 10, in her district apartment Barcelonian from Nou Barris by a relative who came to her home, surprised because he had not gone to a visit that he used to make every weekend and did not answer the telephone. The other two women were also murdered at the weekend: one of them, 95, last Friday in her Villarroel street in Barcelona and the other, 76, at her address on Muntaner street, very close to the previous. The Mossos d'Esquadra have appealed to citizens, especially the elderly and the neighbors and relatives of people seniors who live alone, so they are aware of any suspicious behavior such as that described by a woman unknown. In addition, the police have asked citizens to provide all the information that may be useful for the investigation of this triple crime, which remains under summary secret, by telephoning number 088 of the Mossos d'Esquadra. The agents are interviewing the neighbors and relatives of the deceased elderly women to find out if in recent days the have seen in the company of an unknown person and thus have a description that allows to identify the alleged murderess.

July 3, 2006, 20 MINUTES

The police are looking for a woman for the murder of three old women in Barcelona, ​​she would have killed them in less than a month. She earned her trust to access her homes. The Mossos d'Esquadra are looking for a woman between 45 and 55 years old who has allegedly murdered three old women in less than a month at her home in Barcelona, ​​two of them in the last three days, the Police have reported Autonomous. The three crimes cannot be attributed with absolute certainty to the alleged murderer. The wanted woman, who would have killed the old women after gaining their trust and accessing their homes, could be the author of the murder that occurred on June 10 at a home in the Barcelona neighborhood of Nou Barris, where Josefa C.V., from 83 years. The police suspect that this same woman is the one who killed two other 95 and 76-year-old women last Friday and yesterday, who, like the first, they lived alone, in their apartments in the Eixample neighborhood of the Catalan capital, although the Mossos have pointed out that the three crimes cannot be attributed with absolute certainty to the alleged murderer. Possible motives As explained by sources close to the investigation, the Autonomous Police are considering different hypotheses about the motive behind the series of crimes, although at the moment the robbery is not the most credible of them, since in principle no objects of value or money have been missing in the homes of the assaulted. The elderly women were killed in a similar way, apparently beaten and strangled, which is one of the main indications that the crimes were committed by the same person to whom the victims entered the door of their homes voluntarily, since the door of their homes was not forced. She earned their trust According to the hypotheses that the police are considering, the murderer would have contacted in the street with the women and, with a different excuse in each case, managed to win the trust of his victims. The Mossos d'Esquadra have asked citizens that provide any type of information. The same day that he made contact with the old woman, or a few days later depending on the case, the murderer he managed to get the victim to allow him to enter her home and, once there, he attacked them until he ended his lifetime. The first of the old women, Josefa C.V., 83, was found dead on Saturday night, June 10, in her apartment in the Barcelona district of Nou Barris by a relative who came to his home, surprised because he had not gone to a visit that he used to make every weekend and did not answer the telephone. The other two women were also murdered on the weekend: one of them, 95 years old, last Friday in her apartment on Villarroel street in Barcelona and the other, 76, at her home on Muntaner street, very close to the previous one.

The Mossos d'Esquadra have made a appeal to citizens, especially to the elderly and to the neighbors and relatives of elderly people who live alone, so that be on the lookout for any suspicious behavior as described by a woman unknown. In addition, the police have asked citizens to provide all the information that may be useful for the investigation of this triple crime, which remains under summary secret, by telephoning number 088 of the Mossos d'Esquadra. The agents are interviewing the neighbors and relatives of the deceased elderly women to find out if in recent days the have seen in the company of an unknown person and thus have a description that allows to identify the alleged murderess.

The murderer of old women - criminal profile case study - The criminal profile case study

The profile.

This case has two factors that are very conducive to making a profile, the first is that we have a victim alive, who can give us many clues about the criminal. The second is that the police have a photograph from a security camera in which a suspect is seen accompanying one of the victims. These data provide us with information on the sex, race, age and physical characteristics of the criminal:

  • Woman.
  • White race.
  • Between 40 and 50 years.
  • Strong complexion.
  • Short black hair.
  • 1.60 cm. Tall.
  • Spanish.

If we did not have these data and were guided by the inductive method, the statistics would not say that it would be a man, more than 80% of serial killers are male, white (serial killers usually choose victims of the same race), between 30 and 50 years. In this case, when choosing defenseless victims such as elderly women, the data tells us that they tend to be victims frequently chosen by serial killers, the fact that the crimes do not have sexual connotations is also a characteristic that suggests that the suspect may to be a woman.

The crime scene He tells us about an organized murderer, he leaves no traces and his actions require planning, there are no signs of impulsiveness or much violence. Nothing seems to reflect deterioration due to mental illness, which is why we are looking for a sociopath.

In the modus operandi, the murderer has chosen easy victims, old women who live alone, he does not want to risk one of his victims he has left her alive, which means that he is a rookie assassin, he has not quite gotten his way yet. kill. The blow to the head serves to reduce the victim, then uses a towel or covers their mouths to suffocate. He does not use weapons, he wants to feel death near, he wants to feel the power he has over that person. He seeks death, they know that the victims can recognize it, he does not cover their eyes, he does not have his head covered because the victim allows him to pass to her house. This is an important fact, the door is not forced, entry into the house is done with the consent of the victim, which indicates that he is a person with good appearance, has managed to gain the trust of his victim, possibly has offered help (Jose A. Rodriguez Vega entered the house of the old women offering them help to carry out masonry work). It is therefore a nice, sociable person, possibly working in front of the public. Opting for people who live alone requires planning, vigilance, stalking the victim, monitoring, searching for information. This operation takes time, the murders have gone very well (except in the killing part), we would have to look for other cases of attacks on homes long ago in the same areas to assess whether they could have been carried out by this same person in their first acts. The crimes are taking place with very little time intervals between them, only days, there is almost no phase of cooling in this murderer, he is living a lot of stress and anxiety, his fantasies are no longer worth him and he will continue killing.

We should look for a person who in recent months has suffered a stressful event such as being fired from work, separated... No information is available, but it may be acting with more and more violence. It seems that the robbery is not the motive, he only takes some things, possibly trophies to later remember the crime and relive it again. Regarding the geographical profile we can say that they act in a very specific area of ​​the city, we are talking about their crimes are discussed in 3 neighborhoods close to each other. The murderer will live in the same area, he moves on foot or by means of transport, given the proximity between the crimes, it does not seem possible that he uses a car. The murders are carried out on weekends, possibly during the week she has a job that does not allow her to be absent. If it is discovered that there have been previous cases, we may be able to ensure that she lives alone or at less with someone who does not give explanations of where she spends time and what she does on the weekends week. The signature speaks to us of deception, the aim is to end the life of that person, there is no anger, there is no torture, we are dealing with a person who earns the trust of a person, possibly be very kind, perhaps hears the old woman's complaints and is understanding, then kills them quickly, does not want her body, is not very interested in the person himself, does not manipulate her once dead, he does not sexually assault her, he does not even use weapons or any violence kit, everything is very fast, once he wants to cut off the relationship he has with his victim, he kills her quickly. It would be very important to interview the survivor and see what they were talking about. In this case, what the killer wants to express is not reflected in what he does to his victim's body, but it may be. is reflected in how her relationship with her victim is before killing her, if it is not in what he does to her, perhaps it is in what he He says. It would be interesting to know from the surviving victim if when she begins to suffocate the victim she is conscious or is still unconscious from the blow to her head. I think she will be the first choice. When he decides to end her, he wants to feel her death, he sits on her and covers her, possibly her look into her eyes and notice how her breath fades, how she leaves, possibly that is what excite. If she is unconscious it would be very difficult to know when she is dead. If he wanted to kill her without more, he would not use two techniques, with the blows would be enough to kill her, he would not have to resort to strangulation. Strangulation is typical of those murderers who want to control and savor how little by little they are killing their victims, some Sometimes when they are about to die he lets them breathe again to make it clear that he has power over the life and death of his dam.

The murderer of old women - case study of criminal profile - The profile

The suspect.

On July 5, 2006, the suspect Remedios S. S, born in La Coruña and living in the north of Barcelona, ​​in a border area between the neighborhood of Nou Barris, Sant Martí and Sant Andreu. She is 49 years old and she was arrested after leaving an arcade in which, according to the news, she would have used a victim's credit card. She works as a cook in a bar. She is considered a presumed murderer of two deaths and an attempted murder, although she is also linked to another elderly woman found dead. last June 10 and five other attacks on women between 70 and 87 years old in the homes of Sant Andreu (2), Gràcia and Ciutat Vella. Remedios was a member of a large family with an economically precarious situation, which made her move to Barcelona at the age of 16 to improve her situation. She married, had 2 twin children and after twenty years of marriage she separated from her and her children stayed with her father. She later had a torturous relationship that led him to end up in a foster home, two months before the events a third breakup occurs. According to neighbors and acquaintances of her, she was a normal woman, a little introverted but no one could be expected that she was the author of the crimes. In addition to relationship problems, apparently Remedios is a gambler and on some occasions she has tried to show an image of triumph and success in her life that had nothing to do with reality. In the search of her house, many objects allegedly stolen from the houses of her victims appear. Based on the objects found, the motive for the robbery is discarded, but it is concluded that there are possibly more victims. Since her arrest, Remedios S.S. she refuses to testify and she is admitted to prison in the Psychiatry Unit. She continues the secret of the docket.

THE WORLD. July 5, 2006. BARCELONA.

The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested in the center of Barcelona the alleged serial killer of at least three old women in the last three weeks in Barcelona, ​​according to police sources autonomic. The alleged murderer has been identified as Remedios S.S., born in A Coruña 48 years ago and domiciled in Barcelona, ​​according to sources in the investigation. The woman was arrested a few minutes before 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday when she was leaving a recreational room at the confluence of Diagonal with Paseo de Gracia. The Mossos d'Esquadra have requested this morning judicial authorization to register the address of the arrested, who in addition to murdering three women, could have tried with five others in the last month. According to sources from the investigation, the woman has not yet been questioned, pending that the investigators can practice the registration of her home, located in the north of Barcelona, ​​in a border area between Nou Barris, Sant Martí and Sant Andreu.

Investigators hope to question the woman so that they can ask her about objects that she may find in her home. As reported by the chief mayor of the Mossos d'Esquadra in Barcelona, ​​Joan Miquel Capell, the alleged serial killer would have committed Since last June 18, two attacks on elderly women between 70 and 87 years old in the Sant Andreu neighborhood, a third in Gracia and another in Ciutat Vella. It is also suspected that she is the author of the attack that she suffered on Monday at her home on Urgell street in the Eixample neighborhood of Barcelona. 84-year-old woman whom the murderer allegedly beat to the point of fainting and whom she would have abandoned by presuming that she was dead.

The Mossos d'Esquadra are also investigating whether the serial killer is responsible for the murder of another 84-year-old woman, who was found dead on she spent June 27 in her apartment on Enric Granados street in Barcelona and that, at first, it was believed that she had died of a cardiac arrest. Mayor Capell has reported that yesterday afternoon the body of this victim had been exhumed in order to perform a second autopsy that contrasts the data available to the researchers. The detainee, who spent the night in the cells of the central police station of the Mossos in Travessera de Les Corts, she led an apparently normal life, she worked in a bar in the center of Barcelona, ​​she is separated and has two sons. Remedios S.S., who will turn 49 on the 22nd, was born in the Coruña parish of Dormeá. She earned the trust of the victims The alleged murderer always acted in the same way, she earned the trust of her victims, usually in squares, markets or churches and with any excuse, ask for water or make a phone call, I would go up to the elderly women's homes after making sure they were living alone. In a careless moment, she would throw them on the ground, cover their mouths to keep them from screaming, and suffocate them using whatever cloth or rope she found in the house. "When dealing with elderly people, a cardiorespiratory arrest occurs, which is the cause of death," explained the mayor, who has said he does not know the motive of the alleged murderer because in some cases things have disappeared from the house but in others don't.

Research sources explained to EL MUNDO that "everything points to her being a psychopath" who, as in most serial murder cases, attacked the most defenseless victims. In order to arrest the suspect, the Police have worked with this photograph and the description provided by some surviving victims. The detainee has dark mahogany hair, a strong complexion, and a skin lesion on her right hand. She has a bruise or injury to her right eye due to a blow she received on June 25. The woman was always dressed in a skirt below the knees and carried a medium-sized handbag with a small bottle of water in it. The Mossos patrolmen have transferred 23 women whose appearance coincided with this to the police station. description, although it was not until around 9:00 p.m. that the agents arrested the suspicious.

ELPAIS.es - Spain - 05-07-2006

The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested tonight a woman suspected of having killed three old women in the last three weeks in Barcelona. In addition to these three completed crimes, the regional police are investigating her possible involvement in another death that, if confirmed, would be her fourth homicide. But this serial killer has tried to kill at least five other times, the last of which was her last night. The victims were saved, as reported by sources of the investigation, by losing consciousness, which made the murderer believe that they were already dead. The alleged murderer, who is being interrogated at the Mossos d'Esquadra police station in Les Corts, has been she was detained shortly before 9:00 p.m. in the Eixample neighborhood of Barcelona, ​​where she has committed most of her attacks. As reported by the chief mayor of the Mossos d'Esquadra in Barcelona, ​​Joan Miquel Capell, the alleged murderer Since last June 18, she has committed three murders -on Via Júlia, Villarroel and Muntaner streets-, and five assaults. In addition, the Catalan Police point out that the suspect could have killed a fourth 84-year-old woman on Enric Granados street by strangling or beating her. Although at first it was determined that she had died of natural causes, yesterday afternoon a second autopsy was performed to find out if she actually died violently. And all these crimes in less than three weeks. According to investigators, they had never seen "a murderer capable of acting so often." Of the assassination attempts, two were perpetrated against elderly women between 70 and 87 years old in the Sant Andreu neighborhood, a third in Gracia and another in Ciutat Vella. The last attempt to kill her took place on Monday night in the Eixample neighborhood. As reported by Cadena SER, this assassination attempt occurred shortly before 23:00 on Monday when the suspect entered a floor of the number 85 Urgell street, in the Eixample neighborhood - near the place where the last two deaths occurred -, and she attacked an 84-year-old woman years. He hit her on the head and tried to strangle her. The old woman was unconscious, so the aggressor believed that she was already dead and left. Later, the victim came to her senses and was able to notify the health services with her emergency call device. The 'modus operandi'. The Mossos d'Esquadra yesterday appealed to all women over 70 who live alone in Barcelona to distrust any woman who wanted to gain her trust after verifying the similarity of three homicides committed in just 21 days. The last victim, who did not live alone but was at the time of the attack, is admitted to the Hospital Clinic, although her life is not in danger. As explained by Mayor Capell, the murderer always acts in the same way: she gains the trust of her victims, usually in squares, markets or churches and, after making sure they live alone, go up to the old ladies' homes with any excuse, such as asking for water or calling for telephone. In a careless moment, she throws them to the ground, covers their mouths so they don't scream, and suffocates them using whatever cloth or rope she can find. "When dealing with elderly people, a cardiorespiratory arrest occurs, which is the cause of death," added the mayor, who has admitted not knowing the motive of the murderer because in some cases things have disappeared from the house but in others don't. Capell, who appeared shortly before the suspect was arrested, has relied on the secrecy of the summary ordered by the judge not to reveal details of the investigation, in which more than 200 agents have worked, in addition to all the city's patrols, who They had a somewhat diffuse photo of the suspect, taken by a video surveillance camera when she was accompanied by one of her victims. In addition, the police had the description, provided by the survivors. The detainee has been transferred to the Les Corts police station and has been identified as Remedios S.S. The woman always went she dressed in a skirt below the knees and carried a medium sized tote bag with a small bottle of water within. The patrol cars have transferred 23 women to the police station today whose appearance matched this description, although it was not until around 9:00 p.m. when the agents arrested the suspect

Reflection.

Remedios's childhood is tough, a sister of 11 boys, she has to change her life from a small town to the big city of Barcelona to try to escape poverty. Despite being surrounded by men during her life, love relationships with them do not seem to work.

After 20 years of marriage, she separates and the children, unlike most cases, prefer to go with their father. Then two more love breaks. There are signs of mistreatment in some of these relationships. Economically, it seems that she does not look very attractive either, she has to work in several places to end up paying the mortgage on her house alone. It reflects a feeling of inferiority Y low self-esteem in several cases in which she deceives acquaintances trying to pretend that she owns more than she has. All these factors cause anxiety and stress that may be behind your gambling addiction.

She is emotionally cold she feels no regrets and neither she nor she flinches when she serves breakfasts to the policemen and customers who comment on the deaths. She tricks and tricks to show the image that she wants others to see, when they discover her she is silent. Typical sociopath profile. The stress caused by the financial problem that the gambling problem was causing, together with the last separation from it could be the triggers of the crimes. They coincide in time.

Remedios seeks to get out of misery, if she can't with the slots she tries at least fantasizing about what she could have achieved if life had smiled on her. Are old women easy victims or do they have any meaning? The houses are not robbed, she steals some money but that is not the end. Wouldn't a person who needs money kill to steal?

Maybe death is the only motive, the victim's money is not interested only in the victim herself, in what she represents. Without more data it would be presumptuous to venture to describe this meaning, but in my opinion the death of the victims has a value for the murderer, gives her power, they can decide on life and death, a power that she has known and that is possibly equal or more addictive than the one that gives the play.

An old woman is easy prey, but maybe she's something else, maybe she represents a mother or what one can become, a woman who will end up old, alone and that she is not even worth stealing. He wants to destroy this omen of the future with the death of each old woman, but soon he will meet another old woman, one who reminds him of her, of her mother, one with whom he becomes confident and tells her life, a life that may unfortunately be very similar to hers and he will have to do it.

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