>>6491
well, not really, serial killers are not harder to catch than regular killers. it's either they have bad luck and get caught after their first try, or they don't, so they try again, and if they're not caught this time- again, and so on... you see, serial killers that go undisturbed through many years and multiple victims are extremely rare. like, under 1% of all murder cases. they're those "lucky" ones. and really, it's usually because of neglect of the authorities (like all those cases of nurses who kill patients- dozens of people die before somebody notices they all die during this particular nurse's shift...) it's the movies and tv that make us think the cops do nothing else but chase serial killers, because it's easier to write that than do actual research. also, regular crimes are boring and solving them is anticlimactic.
the tv also makes us think serial killers are some kind of criminal masterminds. but really they're just like you and me, only mentally damaged, or sociopathic (and if they're seriously mentally ill they get caught quickly) and because they're like regular people, that's why>>6481, they sometimes have everything planned out, but when it comes to actually doing it they panic and fuck up. everybody thinks "i'd have gotten away with it" but when it comes to dismembering actual dead chick on board of a submarine, try doing this and then we'll talk. (just kidding, please don't)
if he had a plan, if it was his plan, it was doomed from the start. think about it: he's alone on his submarine with the girl, and everybody knows that- she went there specifically to interview him. then he shows up on shore, and says his submarine sunk and the girl drowned- THAT'S his plan?? of course there was going to be an investigation and a search for the body! somebody died under his custody- he would have been tried for- at least- unintentional manslaughter, even if the body was never found. and the wreckage was sure going to be found (it's not a box of matches) and evidence of misconduct... hold on, i think the first thing they noticed after they found it was that the submarine didn't sink by itself, but the valves were intentionally open! that's a murder case already!
on the other hand, did he really NOT get away with it? there's no death penalty in Denmark nor Sweden. i don't even think they even lock people up for life anymore. there's, like, 20 or 25 sentence, max. that's not much of a deterrent, is it.