Robert Lee Yates

Major Events

Bibliography

Threat Level

-Born May 27, 1952

-Served 19 years in the Army

-Began murder series in 1975 at age 23

-All murders before 1996 were chosen at random

-Murders between 1996 and 1998 were all prostitutes and drug users

-April 18, 2000 - arrested for the murder of Jennifer Josheph

-Charged with 12 other counts of murder

-Plead guilty to avoid death penalty

-Found guilty and sentenced to 408 years in prison.

-In 2002, more evidence connected Yates to two more murders

-Found guilty of 1st degree murder

-Sentenced to death by lethal injection on October 4, 2002

The people who would be more at risk would be females between the age of 16 and 60, especially prostitutes, in Spokane.

How Does Each Apply to Your Criminal?

Inductive reasoning applies to Robert Lee Yates because the police would try to predict when he would murder someone again and who was at greatest risk.

Deductive reasoning applies because the police would look at who has been murdered, when, and where they were found. This is information that they would use in their inductive reasoning

"Arrest." Robert Lee Yates Jr.,the Search for the Spokane Serial Killer — — Crime Library on TruTV.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2012. <http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/yates/arrest_10.html>.

"Robert Lee Yates." Serial Killers Crime and Criminals and Murderers. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://www.crimelife.com/killers/yates.html>.

"Robert Lee Yates." The Serial Killers Podcast. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://serialkillers.briancombs.net/tag/robert-lee-yates/>.

"Google Images." Google Images. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en>.

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Inductive and Deductive Profiling

What is Inductive Reasoning?

Inductive reasoning doesn't always lead to an answer, or can lead to the wrong one. Deductive reasoning is right there, so it won't be wrong.

Stalker?

Inductive reasoning is when one draws conclusions based on little information. It's and educated guess, that one doesn't know is right or wrong until it actually happens.

What is Deductive Reasoning

No, Robert Lee Yates was not a stalker.

Signature Behavior

Deductive reasoning is when one draws conclusions completely based on logic and fact. Based on something that has already proven right. These are different components of the case.

-Killed only females with the exception of one male

-Murders before 1996 were chosen at random

-Murders between 1996 and 1998 were all prostitutes

-All victims were between 16 and 60 years of age

-All victims shot to death in chest or one shot to the head

-No attempt to hide the bodies

-Police suspect eh sometimes took something from victims, i.e. shoes as "trophies"

Criminal Profile

Criminal Profiling

Robert Lee Yates

Criminal Profiling is when one

uses the characteristics

of a crime to try to learn

the characteristics of the

criminal that committed it.