CLU3M- Serial Killer Assignment

Assignment: For this project, you are going to delve into the world of a specific serial killer. You will research
the historical attributes of 1 specific serial killer and create a PowerPoint presentation. It is worth 15% of your
final mark.

1. The Research:
You will select 1 serial killer from the following list or other with teacher approval (note each individual may
only be selected once to enable each student appropriate use of resources and to keep it interesting!):

David Berkowitz Diana Downs William Bonin Dellen Millard

Ted Bundy Richard Kuklinski Jeffrey Dahmer Bruce McArthur
Ed Kemper Debora Green Richard Ramirez Elizabeth Wettlaufer
Gerald Gellego Gary Heidnik John Christie
Ellen Boehm Aileen Wuornos Scott Peterson
Albert Desalvo Colin Pitchfork Nannie Doss
Andrei Chikatilo Ted Kaczynski Bruce Curtis
Robert Thompson Charles Ng Wayne Williams
Nancy Kissle Robert Pickton Clifford Robert Olson Junior
Arthur Shawcross Dennis Radar Russell Maurice Johnson
Russell Williams John Martin Crawford William Patrick Fyfe
Gilbert Paul Jordan Allan Legere Wayne Boden

Research the following specific questions about your serial killer (note that
these questions should serve merely as a guideline and suggestion to
research – not everyone will be able to answer every question. You should
consider your own questions to pose and answer as you do your research):
a. What was their childhood like?
b. Were there any precursors? Did childhood behavior reflect
problems?
c. What was their adult life like? Did they finish high school/college?
Did they marry? Have children? Were they loners?
d. Were they ever diagnosed with a mental disorder? Did they ever receive treatment?
e. What was the nature of their crimes? What was the time span for their crimes? How many victims?
f. Capture/discovery
g. What was their behavior like when they were caught?
h. Forensic evidence used in the case against the killer
i. Were they found capable to withstand trial?
j. What were they charged with and sentenced to?
k. Aggravating and mitigating factors
l. Are they still alive? Were they executed? Did they die differently than their sentence?
m. Your ideas as to the possible reason for the killer’s actions

*YOU MUST USE A MINIMUM OF 3 SOURCES!

These sources must be more than merely a search on Wikipedia or the google. You may use resources you find
helpful and interesting however your minimum resource count must come from scholarly articles, books, etc.
If you are not sure if a source can count as one of your required 3, just ask.
2. The PowerPoint Presentation
Your PowerPoint presentation needs to contain the following:
-A minimum of 15 total slides
-A minimum of seven photos – two of which must be the person you are researching
-Answer (in some form) the questions that you are researching
-A list of references (last slide)
-A 5-7 minute presentation

3. Presentations will begin: January 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th, 2019