Editing Serial killer (section)

====Identification====
[[File:Ángel Reséndiz.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Ángel Maturino Reséndiz]], who was an [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive]]]]

According to the FBI, identifying one, or multiple, murders as being the work of a serial killer is the first challenge an investigation faces, especially if the victim(s) come from a marginalized or high-risk population and is normally linked through forensic or behavioral evidence.<ref name="FBI-2010"/> Should the cases cross multiple jurisdictions, the law enforcement system in the United States is fragmented and thus not configured to detect multiple similar murders across a large geographic area.<ref name="egger1998">{{harvnb|Egger|2002}}</ref> Ted Bundy was particularly famous for such geographic exploitations. He used his knowledge about the lack of communication between multiple jurisdictions to avoid arrest and detection.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sanchez |first1=Shanell |title=1.1 Crime and the Criminal Justice System |url=https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/ccj230/chapter/goals/ |website=Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System |publisher=Open Oregon Educational Resources |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=September 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909212054/https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/ccj230/chapter/goals/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The FBI suggests utilizing databases and increasing interdepartmental communication. Keppel suggests holding multi-jurisdictional conferences regularly to compare cases giving departments a greater chance to detect linked cases and overcome linkage blindness.<ref name="keppel1990">{{harvnb|Keppel|2000}}</ref>

One collaboration, the Serial Homicide Expertise and Information Sharing Collaborative, was formed in 2010 and made serial murder data widely accessible after multiple experts combined their databases to aid in research and investigation.<ref>Boyne, E. Serial Homicide Collaborative Brings Research Data Together. CJ Update: A Newsletter for Criminal Justice Educators. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://tandfbis.s3.amazonaws.com/rt-files/docs/SBU3/Criminology/CJ%20UPDATE%20FallWinter%202014.pdf</nowiki></ref> Another collaboration, the ''Radford/FGCU Serial Killer Database Project''<ref>{{cite web|title=Radford/FGCU Serial Killer Database Project – Justice Studies FGCU|url=http://skdb.fgcu.edu/info.asp|last=Elink-Schuurman-Laura|first=Kristin|publisher=[[Florida Gulf Coast University|FGCU Department of Justice Studies]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508064156/http://skdb.fgcu.edu/info.asp|archive-date=8 May 2013|access-date=February 2, 2013}}</ref> was proposed at the 2012 [[International Association for Identification|FDIAI]] Annual Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fdiai.org/2012%20Conference%20Daily%20Schedule.htm |title=FDIAI 52nd Annual Conference |access-date=February 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031044256/http://fdiai.org/2012%20Conference%20Daily%20Schedule.htm |archive-date=October 31, 2012 }}</ref> Utilizing [[Radford University|Radford]]'s Serial Killer Database as a starting point, the new collaboration,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Serial%20Killer%20Information%20Center/Serial%20Killer%20Statistics.pdf|title=Serial Killer Statistics|last=Aamodt|first=Mike|publisher=Radford University|access-date=February 6, 2013|archive-date=March 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309034112/http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Serial%20Killer%20Information%20Center/Serial%20Killer%20Statistics.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> hosted by [[Florida Gulf Coast University|FGCU]] Justice Studies, has invited and is working in conjunction with other universities to maintain and expand the scope of the database to also include [[Spree killer|spree]] and [[mass murder]]s. Utilizing over 170 data points, multiple-murderer [[methodology]] and [[victimology]]; researchers and Law Enforcement Agencies can build [[Case study|case studies]] and statistical profiles to further research the ''Who, What, Why and How'' of these types of crimes.