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 Sakamoto
- Denise Hughes
- Louise Medeiros
- Linda Pesce
A Killer’s Profile by the FBI
The authorities established a twenty-seven-man serial killer task force in February of 1986 with the assistance of the FBI and the Green River Task Force. The Green River Task Force was formed to investigate prolific serial killer Gary Ridway. Ridway confessed to the murder of at least 48 women and girls but is suspected of murdering at least 90 people.The killer's profile was that of an opportunist who attacked women who were vulnerable, such as at bus stops, the killer was not one who stalks his victims. He also likely lives or works in the attack areas. Neglect, Abuse and a Toxic home environment will sometimes create a murderer. The fantasies start early, sometimes at the age of five and generally takes a decade for the perpetrator to act on them.