Mapping the Trail of a Serial Killer: How the World's Most Infamous Murderers Were Tracked Down

The idea of the wandering murderer, leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in his wake, has long fascinated followers of true crime. By charting the geography of the killer's actions, Mapping the Trail of a Serial Killertakes an innovative approach in exploring the killing sprees of 25 international mass murderers of recent times. With specially commissioned maps pinpointing each killer's actions, Mapping the Trail of a Serial Killerreveals the patterns of behavior and enables the reader to understand some of the thinking of the minds of men such as Ted Bundy, who circled in on university dorms, or Andrei Chikatilo, whose killings happened along railway routes, to Randy Kraft who murdered hitchhikers along California freeways, to Volker Eckert, a German truck driver who murdered prostitutes across western Europe. Each case is examined with precise timelines of the killers' crimes and capture accompanying the maps. Illustrated with over 100 archive photographs and maps, and also featuring the latest cases from America, such as the Beltway Snipers, and Europe, such as the ‘Freddy Krueger Killer," this book allows the reader to follow the killer's trail and understand how geographic profiling has helped the police identify and catch killers.Lewis, Brenda Ralph is the author of 'Mapping the Trail of a Serial Killer: How the World's Most Infamous Murderers Were Tracked Down', published 2009 under ISBN 9781599218137 and ISBN 1599218135.