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The following three murderers are not included in Chapter 2 because the homicides do not result from some personality defect, as is the case for serial killers. The sex-related murders described occur when the victim is killed to eliminate a witness, reduce the chances of the sexual aggressor being identified, or the victim resists the sexual aggression.
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Barker, T. (2020). Sex-Related Criminal Homicides: Rape Plus Murder. In: Aggressors in Blue. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28441-1_3
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