Hitman - Serial Killer or Just Business?
I'm going to examine a well known organized crime "hit man" and review his history to see if he exhibited any of the signs from the homicidal triad or other pathology in childhood or adolescence. I'm thinking that this "hit man" did exhibit some of those signs in early childhood. They are not ordinary people killing for money, there is more there then what meets the eye.
Richard Kuklinski was one of the most diabolical self-confessed contract killers in American history, who took credit for over 200 murders, including the murder of Jimmy Hoffa.
I'm going to review his early childhood to see if he exhibited any of the homicidal triad signs. I find it fascinating to think that this man Richard Kuklinski lived somewhat of a normal life. Philip Carlo contrasts Kuklinski's lives as a professional murderer and a 'devoted family man'. The 'devoted family man' could be either a model husband and father or an abusive monster but, according to Carlo, his family never knew of his 'profession' (Carlo, 2007). Possibly, in the way of many abused families, they learned not to question.