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Police Using Geographic Profiler to Find Shooter
Aired October 07, 2002 - 05:09 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Back in our own country, in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding suburbs, investigators have a new tool in tracking down a sniper accused in several killings in the Washington, D.C. area.
CNN's Kathleen Koch has more on that.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For a few hours Sunday, fear was set aside for mourning. Cab Driver Prenkumar Walekar, the third sniper shooting victim, was laid to rest in a traditional Indian funeral. County executive Doug Duncan spoke, promising justice.
DOUG DUNCAN, MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXECUTIVE: We are doing everything we can to find who did this, to capture them, to bring them to justice. But today we are here to offer you our condolences, our love and our prayers.
KOCH: Meanwhile, 150 officers continue pursuing evidence in the now seven cases in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Eight hundred credible leads have come from some 4,000 calls and police are pleading for more residents to share what they know.
CHIEF CHARLES MOOSE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE: We remain convinced that someone in our community knows who's engaged in this, is aware that they haven't been around, is aware that they've been acting differently, that they've altered their schedule, that they may be gloating.
KOCH: Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose calls the investigation complex, with little evidence to go on. Police do have a new tool this afternoon, a so-called geographic profile. It finds a pattern in the apparently random shootings and uses that to zero in on the killer or killers' base of operations.
DR. KIM ROSSMO, POLICE FEDERATION, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH: General, journey to crime shows that crimes occur fairly close to an offender's home, but not too close.
KOCH (on camera): Authorities say geographic profiling has been used in investigating crimes in 100 U.S. cities over the last 12 years. They hope it will help crack this case before the sniper or snipers strike again.
Kathleen Koch, CNN, Montgomery County, Maryland. (END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 7, 2002 - 05:09 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Back in our own country, in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding suburbs, investigators have a new tool in tracking down a sniper accused in several killings in the Washington, D.C. area.
CNN's Kathleen Koch has more on that.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For a few hours Sunday, fear was set aside for mourning. Cab Driver Prenkumar Walekar, the third sniper shooting victim, was laid to rest in a traditional Indian funeral. County executive Doug Duncan spoke, promising justice.
DOUG DUNCAN, MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXECUTIVE: We are doing everything we can to find who did this, to capture them, to bring them to justice. But today we are here to offer you our condolences, our love and our prayers.
KOCH: Meanwhile, 150 officers continue pursuing evidence in the now seven cases in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Eight hundred credible leads have come from some 4,000 calls and police are pleading for more residents to share what they know.
CHIEF CHARLES MOOSE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE: We remain convinced that someone in our community knows who's engaged in this, is aware that they haven't been around, is aware that they've been acting differently, that they've altered their schedule, that they may be gloating.
KOCH: Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose calls the investigation complex, with little evidence to go on. Police do have a new tool this afternoon, a so-called geographic profile. It finds a pattern in the apparently random shootings and uses that to zero in on the killer or killers' base of operations.
DR. KIM ROSSMO, POLICE FEDERATION, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH: General, journey to crime shows that crimes occur fairly close to an offender's home, but not too close.
KOCH (on camera): Authorities say geographic profiling has been used in investigating crimes in 100 U.S. cities over the last 12 years. They hope it will help crack this case before the sniper or snipers strike again.
Kathleen Koch, CNN, Montgomery County, Maryland. (END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
