Motives

The main motives for a serial killer are sex(whether the act of sex may or may not take place), power, manipulation, domination and control.   These motives drive them to kill, and when they do kill they do it using the sub-motives(see below).  The motives are not justified and do not leave the killer with anything except for his own gruesome satisfaction(which will probably have not been fulfilled anyway, so he will kill again).  The main motives may not sound like real motives but these serial killers are starved of them throughout their life and act upon the main motives in a murder to achieve something they've never had.

Sub Motives : These are the sub-motives a serial killer might display(some killers display various motives).

• Visionaries - Acts in response to voices and is instructed by these voices to perform the act of murder.  These killers are usually schizophrenic and psychotic.

• Missionaries - They think it is their responsibility to rid society of unwanted elements.

• Hedonists - Kill because murder causes them pleasure.

• Lust Killers - Kill for sexual gratification with acts that are usually sadistic.

• Thrill Killers - Kill because of a desire for a thrill or experience.

• Gain Killers - Kill for personal gain.  The killer premeditates the act to require financial gain or materialistic goods.  While gain is not the main motive in a murder some serial killers have took the opportunity to steal from their victims for their own personal gain.

• Power Seekers - Kill for the desire to have control over the life and death of others.

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