Serial Killers and Their Fathers
Does Rex Heuermann's father have an influence on his alleged murders?
In my Psychology Today post this week, I discussed the role of fathers in the development of several boys who grew up to become serial killers. Resentment, humiliation, and the desire for asserting power does have roots in childhood conflicts, it seems. But it’s hard to pinpoint specific causal factors. Some researchers have tried. Here’s the blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/shadow-boxing/202308/serial-killers-and-their-fathers.
It remains to be seen whether we’ll discover more in the coming weeks about Heuermann’s psychological development.