Donald Gaskin s Serial Killers - 2337 Words

Donald Gaskin may be one of America’s most notorious serial killers, possibly killing over fifty men, women, and children, but the courts only convicted him of eight murders. One might say how could he get away with so many murders? The answer is multifarious, and as Fox and Levin dictated in Extreme Killing â€Å"It is difficult to gauge the full extent of serial homicides. Because of complexities in linking murders committed by the same perpetrator but at different times and even places, no precise estimate of a serial killer is even possible† (Fox Levin, 2005). Forensic psychologists attempt to catch serial killers by profiling them based on the crime scene and the killer’s childhood, yet Gaskins was not a typical serial killer because his motives to kill altered from profit to sadistic thrills. Customers often paid him to kill their cheating spouse, enemy, or even parent, making it a full-time profession for Gaskins, but he often killed for the sadistic thri lls and power due to his terrible childhood. Gaskins childhood was far from perfect. He was born out of wedlock and never knew his biological father. He grew up in a small three-bedroom shack in Florence County, South Carolina. His mother rarely supervised him, and at the age of one, he drank a bottle of kerosene, causing him to have convulsions until the age of three. His mother married multiple men, and each of the men would randomly beat Gaskins, sometimes till he was unconscious. The brain damage he experienced asShow MoreRelatedJohnny Wee And The Murder Of His Parents809 Words   |  4 Pagessocket which caused the C4 to blow Tyner’s head off. The police were able to link Pee Wee to the murder from the recorded phone calls between him and Tony. Pee Wee was then sentenced to death and executed in 1991 . In the documentary â€Å"Serial Killer Donald Pee Wee Gaskins†, Professor Louis Schlesinger states that he believes Pee Wee has suffered from anti-social personality disorder since he was a child. He backs this up by reflecting back to the crimes he committed as a child all the way up to the final