Arthur Shawcross Research Papers

Arthur Shawcross

The interview and Documentary I focused on was Arthur Shawcross who was known as the Genesee River Killer because he dumped a lot of bodies around the river. He killed 11 women Victims, including two children who he raped before he murdered them in and around Rochester, New York. Shawcross was the type of Killer who enjoys mutilate his victims and committed to acts of cannibalism. Most of the murders Shawcross committed took place when he was imprisoned and released for the child murders he did. He had also tended to target prostitutes and women from lower income backgrounds.

While I was watching the interview with this serial killer, Shawcross says that he knows about evil. The interviewer asks him if he's evil. Shawcross

She had been raped and murdered. Neighbors remembered that Shawcross had been seen with Karen in the vicinity of the bridge before her disappearance, and he had a history of minor run-ins with local children. Shawcross came under immediate suspicion

He was arrested on October 3, 1972, and finally confessed to both killings, although he was only charged with Karen Hill's killing, given the lack of evidence tying him to Jack Blake's death. He received a 25-year jail sentence, and third wife Penny divorced him shortly thereafter.

Every time Shawcross blinked he was replaying what he did to the women he killed. While reflecting on the crime he accepted and was tired of questioning 14-16 hours later that’s when he finally confessed to everything. In interview constantly repeated back to Shawcross what happen, just to make sure his story would stay the same.

The interviewer used a lot of probing to find out information about what he did to those women. Interviewer asked questions that mostly begin with “what” and “how” to get more detail from the interviewee. The questions that interviewer asked that begin with “Do you..” or “are you” to be able to get a personal reflection from the interviewee. When asking Why questions they can also put the respondent on a defensive or results in a little bit of useful