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Ressler et al. / CRIME SCENE ANALYSIS knocking the weapon out of the assailant’s hand, and screaming for assistance. Uhe following two cases illustrate victim-murderer dynamics as well as the crime scene and profile characteristics for each type of murderer, Victim of an organized murderer. Driving home from work at 10:30 at night, a highway patrol officer passed a car pulled off the road. He noticed the car's dome light was on and the right front door was open; he then saw two people ina scuffle between the car and the woods. As he turned around to investigate, his headlights picked up a woman lying on the ground, fighting violently with a man on top of her. When the police officer approached them, the man dropped the gun he had been holding and held up his hands. The woman picked up the gun and ran to the officer screaming, ‘“‘He’s trying to kill me!” The assailant was handcuffed. He stated, “I just wanted to scare her. I just wanted to tie her up. I don’t know if I would have raped her or not, but I might have. I just met her tonight.” The victim related that she worked part-time as a photographer’s model and that she had been told by an agency that a man would take her to his studio to take photographs. As they were driving along the freeway, the man pulled over, saying he thought he hada flat tire. He then pulled a gun and said, “Do as I say and I won’t hurt you.”’ The victim reported, T said I would do what he said if he didn’t hurt me. He told me to turn and put my hands behind my back, which I did, and he proceeded to tie my wrist. When he went to tie my hands together, I began to struggle because the gun was not in his hand. During the struggle the man began choking me and said, “Iam losing my patience with you. With my record I would just as soon kill you and go the the gas chamber.” He pulled the gunand pointed it at me. I grabbed at the gun, screamed, and beat on the window of the car, but no one would stop. We kept struggling, and the gun was discharged with the bullet going through my skirtand grazing my outer right leg. I decided if I got out of the car, someone would see me and stop. I got the door open and we fell out on the ground and we wrestled. Then the officer arrived. This case example underscores the organized murderer’s premedi- tated approach to the victim and his planned intent to kill. In this case, when the assailant tried to bargain with her by saying she would not be hurt if she cooperated, the victim did not believe him. Although the victim tried negotiating not to be harmed by the assailant, she