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Richard Kuklinski Research Papers

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Carson Hays
Mrs.Dixon
Criminal justice III
23 october 2017
Richard Kuklinski
Throughout this year we have studied many different types of serial killers, but under no circumstance is Richard Kuklinski like any other serial killer we have studied. Richard Kuklinski was a stone cold killer and nothing would stop him from completing his objective of murdering his target. Serial killers that we have studied had many different categories that they fell under disorganized, organized, power control, etc… But with Richard you never knew the certain way he was going to kill his victims. Like most of the serial killers we’ve studied they have had a troubled upbringing and so did Richard kuklinski. Richard was born April 11, 1935,in jersey city, Ny he was brought into a world …show more content…

Often when you hear Richard Kuklinski you think the “ice man” or vice versa, he got this nickname from his method of freezing the bodies to throw off the detectives about time of death. In an interview he was asked why he did these things and his response was I like the challenge, that in my opinion is very serial killer like. But unlike most serial killers he showed remorse when he was asked if there was any murders that we shouldn’t have committed, he surprised many people when he said yes. Also unlike serial killers that we have studied that would just kill anyone and do anything to anyone, Richard wouldn’t kill women or children that was his only restraint. Many other things prove that Richard Kuklinski including the way he did not consume alcohol after committing his horrendous crimes, and when asked if he could do his life over he answered with one hundred positively “i'd never commit those crimes again.” He asked the psychiatrist why he committed these crimes and his response was you suffer from antisocial personality disorder and paranoid personality

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