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“Often, I’d found that local law enforcement was not particularly thrilled to have us consulting on a case. Either they were wary of the Bureau’s reputation for moving in and then claiming all the credit because they wanted to control the investigation on their own, or they were worried our analysis wouldn’t conform with the theory both the police and the community had firmly in mind.”
― John E. Douglas, When a Killer Calls

“The point is, serial killers and violent predators, whatever is going on inside, do not look or act like monsters in everyday life. If they did, it would be much easier to identify and catch them. Their advantage is that we tend to look right through them.”
― John E. Douglas, When a Killer Calls

“In the dirt, bare footprints led from the car to the mailbox, but—ominously—there were none leading back.”
― John E. Douglas, When a Killer Calls

“I don’t want it to happen again,” Bell replied. “But this fellow sitting right here did not do it.”

“You know it happens to you, and you want to stop it so bad you don’t know what in the world to do. It’s destroying you,” Perry asserted.”
― John E. Douglas, When a Killer Calls