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spree killer
noun
A murderer who kills two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations.
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Supermodels, drugs, clothes that emphasize a woman's curves, a murder at the hands of a spree killer, a family riven by a spiteful will: the details of the Versace fashion empire have the makings of a fantastic HBO mini-series.
Bruce Springsteen's early song Nebraska, from the album of the same name, is written in the voice of Charles Starkweather, a spree killer who murdered 11 people in Nebraska and Wyoming in 1957 and 1958.
"The Executioner's Song," a deep dive into the mind of the spree killer Gary Gilmore, who insisted on being dealt the death penalty, is widely recognized as Norman Mailer's greatest book.
When a spree killer murdered the house's founding designer, Gianni Versace, on the steps of his Miami mansion 12 years ago, Ms. Versace was vaulted into a position she insists she never desired.
A spokeswoman said the site doesn't take down pages on controversial topics, such the Cumbria spree killer Raoul Moat, but it draws the line on groups that attack others.
One twisted brain belongs to the coldblooded monster who murders six people in six hours to give the false impression that a spree killer is on the loose in local campgrounds.
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Can spree killers be conceived as rich and complex characters?
David Brooks is correct to say that the derangements of spree killers are psychological, not sociological.
It is a criminological truism that contemporary spree killers desire maximum publicity for their actions.
In all the column inches devoted to Derrick Bird's rampage in Cumbria, one fact has barely been mentioned: spree killers are almost always men.
True, such a nation might not have fewer spree killers — but then we should be doubtful of any policy proposal that promises to prevent events that are by definition unique, unpredictable and irreducibly complex.
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