This will serve as an introduction to a series of articles in which we will delve into the psychological profile of the type of killer Casey Anthony represents. Casey is the latest in a series of mothers who have committed filicide, but in a manner that fits a profile previously ascribed to men. Casey represents a new profile of killer.
This series will draw heavily from the work of Marilee Strong and her book Erased: Missing Women, Murdered Wives. In Ms. Strong’s book she presents an intricate analysis of the profile of the “male eraser killer”. Those killers such as Scott Peterson, L. Ewing Scott, Mark Hacking, Barton Corbin, Chester Gillette, John Smith, Drew Peterson, and in the current headlines, Josh Powell, have one thing in common – they killed their wives or girlfriends to eliminate an obstacle to achieving a fantasy life they had deluded themselves into believing they deserved. The women (and oft times their unborn children) were viewed as impediments to that goal.
Casey Anthony matches the psychological profile of the eraser killer to a tee. Her only differences from those identified to date – she is a woman, and her sole victim her child. To be clear, to speak of a new profile does not mean that type of killer has not existed previously, nor does it mean that the type of crime committed has not been under a type of “social learning” in which like-minded criminals perfect their planned murder by viewing the failures and successes of those who came and attempted the same before them (as pointed out by Strong). It should be noted that rarely is a “perfect murder” committed, and if one is – we never learn of it. Just as with serial killers, they existed prior to Jack the Ripper, and have existed – unknown, undetected except by the missing never recovered – since. The only ones that are open to study, are those who ALMOST committed a perfect murder. The same is true for the new breed of eraser killer – women who kill their children for their own personal gain. We will term this breed of killer – this new profile – female erasers.
Curiously, for many of the male eraser killers identified by Strong, the apparent line that was crossed to set their murderous plan in action was the conception of a child. Whether it be from them viewing the responsibilities of a child as a further restriction to them obtaining the way of life they have deluded themselves to believe they should have, or whether it is because they see the coming child as a threat to their ability to be the center of attention, or the focus of affection, the collection of female victims of male eraser killers exhibit a high rate of pregnancy at the time of their murders.
This writer contends that Casey Anthony was driven by the same views of Caylee as these male eraser killers had of their wives, girlfriends and unborn children. She saw Caylee as an obstacle to all she had fantasized. And I intend to show she saw Caylee as competition to the attention and affection and control her psychological make-up required she command. Casey required that Caylee be erased.
We have often heard Cindy Anthony state before cameras “there is no motive, there is no motive”. I intend to prove that the profile of Casey Anthony IS the motive for Caylee’s murder. If Cindy needs to find a motive in order to accept the reality she has been denying – I challenge her to look directly into her daughter’s eyes. The motive will be staring right back at her.
Casey IS the motive. Casey Anthony is a female eraser.
Valhall.
Reference:
Strong, Marilee. (2008). Erased: missing women murdered wives. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Related posts:
- Casey’s Profile – Part 6: Her Motive
- Casey’s Profile – Part 5: Her Dark Triad
- Casey’s Profile – Part 7: Her Resemblance
- Casey’s Profile – Part 2: Her Psychopathy
- Casey’s Profile – Part 4: Her Machiavellianism
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