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Gerard John Schaefer :. Cody Tollison. Childhood: What led to these crimes?. John believed his sister was favored by his father. Was a peeping tom in high school and spied on the neighbor girl. Got sexually excited by killing animals. Also excited by bondage.
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Gerard John Schaefer : Cody Tollison
Childhood: What led to these crimes? • John believed his sister was favored by his father. • Was a peeping tom in high school and spied on the neighbor girl. • Got sexually excited by killing animals. • Also excited by bondage. • Felt he wished he were a girl.
Jobs: • Johns first Job was as a teacher. He was fired for “totally inappropriate behavior.” • Patrolman: after being fired John used his power as a cop to lure girls in to being bonded, raped, and murdered.
Motives: • Schaefer was not sure between the difference in the facts and the fantasies. He used his murders to create stories and artwork that he kept private until his capture.
Hobbies: • Killing animals • Masturbation in women’s panties • Bonding himself to trees • Voyeur • Writing
Facts about John’s Murders • Claims to have killed 30 in his writings • Victims were usually young white teenagers that were also hitchhiking • Would lure them by telling them the dangers of hitch hiking • Kept many things such as teeth of his victims and personal belongings of his victims such as panties
Capture and Trial • Schaefer was captured when two of his abductees escaped • They escaped when he was radioed in to the police station • The girls went straight to the police station and identified Schaefer not knowing he would be there.
Capture and Trial cont. • Schaefer tried to explain by saying he was trying to tech them the dangers of hitchhiking. • After he was fired two other cases came up with similar details. • This was enough evidence to search Johns house. • After doing so they found many things belonging to women who had gone missing along time ago and recently.
Citations • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/Gerard_John_Schaefer.jpg • http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/gerard_schaefer/3.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_John_Schaefer