BTK doesn't get caught until 2005. I think his purpose is just to show Holden is not always right.
I think that what Ed said really underlines this guy. Holden makes some statement about how the killers can't function in normal society, and Ed said they are basing all of their data off of the guys who got caught and trying to use that to build profiles on the ones who haven't been, and it's a fundamental issue with the research. And if you read the story about BTK, Holden wasn't really wrong, he was able to get his shit under control for a time but eventually the compulsion to tell people won out. But for a really long time he was able to pass as a normal dude. Creepy as fuck, but relatively normal.
What gets me more is how the fucking fuck did 28 children get murdered in a major American city, and the guy who killed them is still alive and still unconvicted of ANY of those murders. Imagine those parents, i mean what the fuck. And they are pretty sure that there was at least one other perpetrator in the mix there who is responsible for a few of them. Who was he? Who knows! It's just fucked.
I get that. I know it's not easy. and I know that you need resources etc. But we're talking 30 people, and the show portrays the investigation as pretty fucking halfass, the stuff I read about the actual case pretty much backs that up. It's so hard to believe that they could have the guy, know how he was operating, and still be unable (or unwilling?) to come up with anything. That shit is a goddamn travesty.Because you need evidence for each murder. And then you need to convince a jury that hes guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt. Not easy in the real world.
It also makes you think about how much harder it is to be a predator like this today. I wonder how many of these psychos get caught their first murder and never get to go on a spree but they would have.
Makes you really think that before all this and DNA and other advancements in law enforcement in the past 20-30 yrs, how easy it was to commit such crimes if you werent a total idiot.
The whole Ted Bundy thing brought this to light when I saw the Netflix documentary on him. Went from state to state randomly killing chicks in same car (that was known by law enforcement) but since back in them days the different state and local agencies were not linked in any meaningful way no one knew anything. No DNA, no linked national finger print database, etc...Now imagine someone doing this like 50 yrs before that, or even before. I wonder how many predators like this killed for decades and huge body counts that no one ever caught or even suspected.
It also makes you think about how much harder it is to be a predator like this today. I wonder how many of these psychos get caught their first murder and never get to go on a spree but they would have.
yeah, CSI bullshit has made you GREATLY overestimate how good forensic science is.
I mean, look at "the staircase, or making a murderer, or Evil Genius" to remember how shit it really all is.
The Bizarre Real-Life Story of the Pizza Man Who Robbed a Bank with a Bomb Strapped to His Neck
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong masterminded the 2003 "Pizza Bomber" robbery plot depicted on Netflix's 'Evil Genius' series that led to the death of Brian Wells.people.com
Or, how about those two girls that where found murdered, and even had a photo uploaded to the cloud.
Slain Girl Recorded Her Suspected Killer
Two Indiana teens were killed on a trail last week, but police recovered video and audio from one girl’s phone that could crack the case.www.thedailybeast.comTeen Hikers Who Went Missing After Sharing Snapchat Photos Are Found Dead
Authorities have released images of an unidentified man sought for questioning.www.huffpost.comDelphi murders update 2019: Here's what we know about unsolved killings of Abby and Libby
It's been more than two years since the Delphi murders. Here's what we know now about the unsolved killings of Abigail Williams and Liberty Germany.www.indystar.com
That other doc on the kids what went missing in Portugal, and the parents were blamed.
Or, every year, when some co-ed vanishes at various resorts.. and we almost never find the killer.
also you lose evidence everytime it gets tested is what i hear.The Atlanta PD are doing some new testing in the child murders to see if they can get a conviction.
DNA testing gets better each year, there's a case I follow and it's obvious who the murderer is but it can't be proven. The police have this item in storage to be tested but the tech to test it hasn't been developed as of 2019.
There are hundreds of cases like the above where the police have things in evidence/storage awaiting the testing. It just costs money to run the latest and greatest tests and you need sequencing etc as samples are old/tiny and that kind of thing. It also gets expensive fast when you have multiple items from crimescenes.
Cutting edge forensic science is far from cheap.