Sexual Murder - Justicia Forense

almost all these cases, the underlying sexual dynamics become obvious asthe offender explains, or attempts to explain, his behavior.The following cases are illustrative of acute catathymic homicides triggeredby sexual inadequacy, a motivation that was not apparent until theoffender and the offense were carefully studied.Case 5.1: Feelings of Sexual Inadequacy Triggeredby an Insult from a WomanAn 18-year-old high school senior strangled a 22-year-old female nightclubentertainer with a rubber hose after she entered the gasoline station he workedat to make a phone call. AA was a part-time attendant and was alone at the timeof the homicide. When the victim entered the gas station, she asked to borrowa dime for a telephone call. After AA gave her the dime and she made her phonecall, the victim pulled her dress up and invited AA to have sexual relations withher. He approached the woman and attempted intercourse but was unable toobtain an erection. The victim taunted, “Go home to your mother.” AA thengrabbed a piece of rubber tubing, wrapped it around the victim’s neck, strangledand killed her.He put the body in the trunk of his car, dropped it off at a local field, coveredthe body slightly with twigs and leaves, and went home. He slept well that night.When he woke the next morning, he thought that what had occurred was “adream.”“I went to school as if nothing happened. At noon I picked up my girlfriendfor lunch and we went shopping, and then I got ready for work. While I wasworking, the incident started to bother me. I thought I was dreaming. I lookedin the trunk of my car and saw her eyeglasses there, and I realized that maybeI was not dreaming. I closed the gas station after work and went to the spot tosee if the body was there. I thought that if they didn’t find a corpse, then I wasreally dreaming and the whole thing had not taken place.”The police came to AA’s home the next day to speak with him since he workedin the vicinity where the body had been found. He did not connect their presencewith the homicide and believed, for some reason, that he was going to bequestioned about a stolen car. For the next several days, he continued his usualactivities as if nothing had happened. He was summoned to appear at the policestation, still feeling that the homicide was a dream. However, when the detectiveasked whether he had killed a woman, he answered, “Yes, I did it.” “I realizedinside, I guess, that I would not get away with it. Inside of me I felt guilty. I feltbetter after I admitted doing it.”AA gave the following description of the homicide: “It was late in the eveningand the station was about to close. She took some of her clothes off and toldme not to be afraid. My mind was blank. She grabbed me by the wrist and pulledme to come towards her. I pulled my hand away but she kept saying, ‘come on,I won’t hurt you.’ She kissed my neck. She unbuttoned my pants. I turned around