By: Zachery ReedyDonald Harvey

Donald Harvey was born in Ohio 1952Happy childVery sociable and well-liked by other kidsNo indication of abnormalityDescribed by classmates as loner and teacher’s petfrom age four and for some years after, Harvey was

said to be sexually abused by his uncle and a male neighbor.

Dropped out of high schoolFor unknown reasons he relocated and worked at a

factory until fired

Childhood

Went to Kentucky to visit ailing grandfatherNuns gave him a job at Marymount HospitalCharged for burglary and paid fine Joined the United States Air Force served for

less than a year before general dischargeWorked at Cardinal Hill Convalescent Hospital,

Morgue Job at the V.A. Hospital , and lastly Cincinnati Drake Memorial Hospital

Harvey had a male lover then Harvey had killed him for suspecting that he was cheating on Harvey

Adult Life

He was paranoidAlso killed the first victim out of angerAfterwards he killed because it gave him a

thrillAlso believed that he was able to control

other people’s lives to decide if they had lived or died because he had the power to control

Thought that it was his right to choose if these people lived or died so he played God with them

Motive for Killings

Pulled the plug on some victims, beat with bed pansadded arsenic and cyanide to orange juiceinjected cyanide into an intravenous tubeinjected cyanide into a patient's buttocksUsed plastic bag and wet towel over the mouth and

nose to suffocate victimsprinkled rat poison in a patient's dessertDisconnected oxygen tanksUsed a wire hanger which he, inserted in a patients catheter

Methods for Killings

Hospital Patients

Profile/Characteristics of Victims

In April 1997, after the death of John Powell (Harvey’s last victim), Powell had been in a comatose for several months, but he had started to recover.  So when his unexpected death came an autopsy was given. Within the autopsy the coroner had noticed the smell of cyanide. Authorities were then notified and checked if any friends or family may have done this in order to gain something which none had, so the authorities checked who all had access to the room that was Hospital staff. When they checked the short list and they learned of Harvey's nickname "Angel of Death," they began to focus their investigation on Harvey. 

Which with the warrant the authorities had they looked in Harvey’s apartment and found a lot of incriminating evidence like jars of cyanide and arsenic, books on the occult and poisons, and a detailed description of the murders he had committed in Harvey’s diary.

How Donald Harvey was caught

Donald Harvey on the 18th of August 1987 had pled guilty to 24 counts of aggravated murder, four counts of attempted murder, and one felonious assault.

Then four days later he had a 25th guilty plea On September 7, 1987 charged with committing 12

murders at Marymount Hospital pleaded guilty and added 8 life terms plus 20 years

February 1988 more guilty pleas of three additional homicides and attempted murders giving him 3 terms of seven to 25 years

This gave Harvey a sentence of 28 consecutive life sentences and was fined $270,000 for claiming to kill 87 people but the authorities believe he only killed 37-57 people.

Charge and Sentence

Serial Killers watch others actions and follow them in order to blend in and manipulate people right into their trap.

They are like actors only doing what looks normal to others but really they are psychopaths

They like the position of authority

Why Serial Killers are so difficult to spot

Characteristics of Organized Crime Scenes

1. Planned offense2. Transports body3. Body hidden4. Controlled conversation5. Demands submissive victim6. Missing weapon or evidence7. Victim is a targeted stranger8. Personalizes victim9. Crime scene reflects control10. Restraints used11. Aggressive acts done before death

Characteristics of four types of Serial Killer Crime Scenes

Characteristics of Disorganized Crime Scenes

1. Body left at death scene2. Spontaneous offense3. Evidence or weapon present at scene4. Victim or location known5. Body left in view6. Depersonalizes victim7. Sexual acts after death8. Minimal conversation9. Minimal use of restraints10. Crime scene sloppy11. Sudden violence to victim

Characteristics of four types of Serial Killer Crime Scenes Cont.

Mixed Crime Scene Shows characteristics from both the organized and

disorganized crime scenes. This can indicate that there was two offenders, or that the offender had planned the crime and was interrupted while committing the crime or the offender had staged the whole scene of the crime.

Atypical Crime Scene Crime Scene can not be classified by the given data.

Decomposed remains fall under this type of crime scene. The police or profilers will most likely have to take other things into consideration while at these crime scenes because of the given data. Also they may look into previous crime scenes to see if they can find a match.

Characteristics of four types of Serial Killer Crime Scenes Cont.

How the Serial Killers just act as though they are a normal people in society but in reality they are psychopaths.

Also that they must be very intelligent people to be killing so many victims without even being noticed for a long time.

Most Surprising Pieces of information

http://crime.about.com/od/serial/a/Donald-Harvey-The-Angel-Of-Death.htm

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/1.html

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/tick/1b.html

http://members.tripod.com/~SerialKillr/SerialKillersExposed/crimescenes.html

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