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Hi Rose,

I have been wanted to respond all day, but it has been so busy at work.

I agree with Joelle. You have to reverse-plot a mystery.  Determine what will happen and be revealed at the end and then work backwards.

You need to determine the main motivation for your villain.  What would drive them to commit a homicide.

There are the usual reasons:

1. Money by profession – Are they a hired killer?

2. Power (obsession) – oftentimes a sexual assault that leads to homicide falls under this.

3. Revenge or retaliation – This one can get tricky because there are layers to this.  Perhaps, the villain was molested, humiliated, injured, or something was stolen from them.

4. Drug or alcohol induced – narcotics can play a role in the killings

5. Crime of passion – The deed could be provoked by the moment.

6. Mistaken identity or accidental – The death could be accidental and then covered up.

7. Sociopath or Psychopath (Occult driven or occult ritual) – The symptoms of a paranoia, or a skewed perception, or spiritually driven hatred could provide the motive.

8. To hide a secret (either personal or to protect someone else from loss or humiliation).

These are just a few to get you to thinking.

Then you need to prepare a criminal profile from the crime scene evidence.

 

1. Who?

·         Who are the victims (women or men, young or old, affluent or poor, sexual deviant or not)? Are they targeted specifically, or are the targets varied?

·         What type (organized or disorganized) of killer is involved? Is the killer:

o   Visionary

o   Mission-oriented

o   Comfort oriented

o   Lust motivated

o   Thrill motivated

o   Power/control oriented?

2. What?

·         What was the cause of death?

·         What kind of deviant sexual behavior is evident?

·         What are the unusuals?

3. When?

·         When did the crime occur (time of day, time of month, time of year)?

·         Did the crime occur on or near a particularly significant event or date?

·         Did the crime occur on a religious-related date or occult-related date?

·         Is there anything special or unusual about when the crime was committed?

4. Where?

·         Where did the crime occur?

·         Where was the body or victim (if still alive) found?

·         Was the victim abducted from another place, and if so, where did the abduction occur?

5. How?

·         How was the crime committed?

·         Was the crime method specific, or does the method vary?

·         Was there anything unusual about the methods?

6. Why?

·         Does the crime appear to be sexual in nature?

·         Does the crime appear to be profit-motivated?

·         Does the crime appear to be spontaneous?

·         Does the crime appear to be planned?

Does this help?