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The Death Of Roy Lee Centers, Kenneth D. Tunnell, Terry C. Cox
The Death Of Roy Lee Centers, Kenneth D. Tunnell, Terry C. Cox
Kenneth Tunnell
"Be it remembered." A simple command yet, in this case, an introduction spoken by the judge in the Breathitt County, Ky., trial of William (Bill) R. Hurst, who killed Roy Lee Centers, a native of Jackson, Kentucky
Sexually Aggressive Murder: A Case Study, Kenneth Tunnell, Terry Cox
Sexually Aggressive Murder: A Case Study, Kenneth Tunnell, Terry Cox
Kenneth Tunnell
This paper, from research of a larger qualitative case study, describes a random abduction and murder that involved both sexual and aggressive components. The social-psychological and psychiatric history of the of fender and the interactive effects associated with the murder episode are described. This study reveals the complexities of a capital case involving an offender with overt psychiatric and psychological disorders. Further more, we demonstrate the complexity of a capital case with the components of sex and aggression and situate this offender as one who potentially could have become a serial murderer.
DOI: 10.1177/104398629100700404