Deck 8: Team Killers

Question 1

The "compliant victim" categorized by the FBI refers to _____ perpetrators of serial murder:

A)female
B)child
C)mentally ill
D)teenagers

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In the mid-1960s, these two went on a killing spree for several days.In some of the murders, the killers would toss a coin to see which one would get to stab the victim to death.

A)Bianchi and Buono
B)Rutterschmidt and Golay
C)Kelbach and Lance
D)Beck and Fernandez

Answer 2

C

Question 3

This offender, who confessed to killing about 100 victims in several states, teamed up with Ottis Toole.

A)Elmer Wayne Henley
B)Douglas Clark
C)Charles Ng
D)Henry Lee Lucas

Answer 3

D

Question 4

These offenders, who were convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for financial gain, had been luring homeless men from Hollywood Church in Los Angeles with promises of food and shelter.

A)Coleman and Brown
B)Corll, Brooks, and Henley
C)Rutterschmidt and Helen Golay
D)Tene Bimbo Clan

Question 5

How many members were in the largest group of team offenders identified?

A)two
B)nine
C)five
D)four

Question 6

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a true story about the Clutter family murdered by:

A)Lucas and Toole
B)Coleman and Brown
C)Bianchi and Buono
D)Hickock and Smith

Question 7

This female offender was a nurse and had been jilted for a former lover.She became a compliant assistant in Douglas Clark's efforts to actualize his fantasies of having sexual intercourse with the corpses of murdered girls.

A)Carol Bundy
B)Aileen Wuornos
C)Robin Gecht
D)Charlene Gallego

Question 8

The study on team killers found that having more than one offender involved in serial killing:

A)Did not increase the number of victims per case.
B)Increased dramatically the number of victims per case.
C)Increased only slightly the number of victims per case.
D)Decreased the number of victims per case.

Question 9

Which of the following serial killers is currently serving time on death row in San Quentin, California? He claims that his accomplice was the person who carried out all the killings and that she fantasized herself to be the wife of the now-deceased serial killer Ted Bundy.
D)Clark

A)Kenneth Bianchi
B)Alton Coleman
C)Henry Lee
D)Douglas

Question 10

Five elderly men died in San Francisco from being overdosed with digitalis.Investigators found that in each case, young women married and/or seduced these men, poisoned them and left with the victim's assets.The women all belong to the:

A)Tene Bimbo Clan
B)Ku Klux Klan
C)Mafia
D)Black Hand

Question 11

Among team serial killers which of the following categories is the most common relationship groupings?

A)father/son
B)husband/wife
C)mother/son
D)brothers

Question 12

This offender incurred a head injury that influenced him to believe that he had psychic powers that caused women to fall in love with him.He and his partner killed about 20 victims before being caught and executed.

A)Clark
B)Coleman
C)Bundy
D)Fernandez

Question 13

This offender had committed a long list of violent crimes and sex offenses by the age of 28.His accomplice was Debra Brown whom he found easy to influence and dominate.

A)Ted Bundy
B)Leonard Lake
C)Alton Coleman
D)Henry Lucas

Question 14

Among team serial killers in the United States who are non-relatives, which one is the least likely to be found?

A)male-dominated
B)heterosexual
C)gay lovers
D)female-dominated

Question 15

In some cases of _____ team killing, offenders were easier to detect because bodies of victims were discovered quickly.

A)local
B)place-specific
C)traveling
D)foreign

Question 16

In recent years cases of team serial murder in the United States have:

A)increased sharply
B)decreased sharply
C)stayed the same
D)increased slightly

Question 17

These two were cousins who decided to kill someone just to see what it would feel like.

A)Bianchi and Buono
B)Lucas and Toole
C)Hickock and Smith
D)Coleman and Brown

Question 18

Risk-takers such as _____ have appeared to be at greater risk of murder than those who avoided such lifestyles.

A)prostitutes and hitchhikers
B)gamblers
C)drug-users
D)gypsies, tramps, and thieves

Question 19

Compared to other serial murder subgroups, team serial killers in the United States murdered _____ victims.

A)about the same number of
B)many more
C)fewer
D)primarily children as

Question 20

In one study on team killers it was found that they average _____ victims per case.

A)4 to 5
B)7 to 9
C)13 to 18
D)8 to 12

Question 21

America's Most Wanted was inspired by the murder and decapitation of 6-year-old Adam Walsh.His killer is believed to be:

A)Gerhard Schaefer
B)Robin Gecht
C)John Gacy
D)Ottis Toole

Question 22

Which state has had the most team killers?

A)Georgia
B)Florida
C)Nebraska
D)California

Question 23

Of all weapons used by team serial murderers _____ was the most common.

A)knives
B)firearms
C)poisons
D)blunt instruments

Question 24

Which of the following statements is not true regarding team offenders and cult-related killings?

A)Most team offenders were involved in ritualistic torture of victims.
B)Team killers were more likely than other offenders to kill for cult-related reasons.
C)Cult activities involved extensive torturing of victims.
D)Cult activities involved using human blood and body parts for altar offerings.

Question 25

The primary catalyst for serial-murder victimization stems from a perceived need to acquire _____ and _____ over others.

Question 26

This offender's father had been executed for killing two correctional officers.He had been married seven times, then decided to find the perfect "sex slave." With the help of his partner, he killed nine females and one male.

A)Gallego
B)Clark
C)Coleman
D)Lucas

Question 27

Hickey found that about _____ percent of all serial killers had histories of various psychiatric problems.

A)26
B)36
C)46
D)56

Question 28

Team Killers are unlikely to kill in a very specific place.

Question 29

Of all serial killers, which of the following groups had the highest criminal records for sex-related crimes?

A)teams
B)female
C)male teams
D)solo

Question 30

Team killers were likely to come in contact with one another as a result of chance meetings.

Question 31

Team killer units with a female participant are almost always dominated by a female.

Question 32

Females sometimes participate in team serial killing.

Question 33

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding victim selection by team serial killers in the United States? Offenders were more prone to kill _____.

A)both male and female family members
B)female strangers
C)both children and teenage strangers
D)both male and female strangers

Question 34

This offender, who was part of a team, wrote: "Death is in my pocket and fantasy my goal....the perfect woman is totally controlled; a woman who does exactly what she is told and nothing else."

A)Lucas
B)Coleman
C)Bianchi
D)Lake

Question 35

The occupations of team killers are not significantly different from solo serial killers.

Question 36

Offender mobility data indicated that team killers were most likely to remain in local proximity to their killing sites and least likely to be classified as _____ offenders.

Question 37

Similar to all serial killers, team offenders could rarely be legally classified as _____.

Question 38

Cases were extremely rare in which non-related _____ masterminded multiple homicides, but they do occur.

Question 39

The following method used by team offenders to kill their victims is the least chosen:

A)poison
B)drowning
C)bludgeoning
D)stabbing