True Crime Friday: The Honolulu Strangler
The Honolulu Strangler is an unidentified serial killer that operated in Hawaii from 1985 and 1986. He killed five women and is believed to have murder even more. He is also known as the Honolulu Rapist, but the moniker of the Honolulu Strangler is the more commonly used name. The Macdonald Triad The Macdonald Triad consists of sociopathy, homicide, and violent tendencies. Generally, serial killers will have at least one of the traits or all of them. The triad was introduced in 1963 by Dr. J.M. Macdonald in an article called The Threat to Kill. It was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, and he also submitted his doctoral thesis to the University of Otago in 1964 for peer review. The newly founded Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)Behavioral Science Unit team John Douglas, Robert Ressler and Ann Burgess claimed that evidence of childhood behavior and patterns will predict predatory behavior in adulthood. The Victims of the Honolulu Strangler Vicki Gail Purdy Regina Sak...
