1. Bobby Joe Long
By: Rachel Snyder

2. Basic Info Biological name: Robert Joseph Long
Nickname: Bobby Joe Long
Birth date: October 14, 1953
Death date: July 25, 1986
In 1984, May through November, he killed at least 10 women

3. Childhood Background
He was born with an extra x chromosome resulting in him growing breasts as a child
He was teased and bullied for this
He also experienced multiple head injuries which affected his prefrontal cortex, skewing his decision making and emotions
He had a negative relationship with his mother
He slept in the same bed as his mother until he was a teenager
His mother also had several different boyfriends; which Bobby despised them all

4. General Serial Killer? White: Yes Male: Yes Around 30’s: Yes
USA citizen: Yes
He fits the profile.

5. Phases Trolling- Contact women through the Penny Saver and other ads
Wooing- Accompanied lonely women
Capture – Got out his rape kit in the bathroom, tied up victims and mostly lead them to the woods
Murder phase – Raped, strangled, asphyxiated, one was shot, and another died from a cut throat
Totem – Left the dead bodies in the woods to rot

6. Death Toll
Sentenced to death July 25, 1986

7. Transient or Stable?
Stable killer because he has committed all of his crimes within a local area in Florida. This is where is lives also. He seldom travels and has used the same spot for his other rapes and murders.

8. Organized or Disorganized?
He is organized because he hunts for his victims in his same, strategic ways. He also always had his rape kit prepared. He did hide the bodies after his murdered them, though he did leave in the woods as clear evidence.

9. Conviction
Bobby was convicted and appealed for first degree murder along with a death sentence for other crimes like kidnapping and rape
Specifically this was 1 five-year sentence, four 99-year sentences, 28 life sentences, and one death sentence

10. Other Interesting Info
Bobby married his high school girlfriend in 1974
They had two children, and then divorced in 1980
His raping crimes began in 1983
His murders began in 1984

11. Sources http://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/long-bobby-joe.htm
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