senior profiler, currently director of the forensic program at george mason university. that profile seems to certainly fit this suspect. how common is it for a serial killer to have a spouse, to have a family, to have kids? well, we have many cases where these serial killers have families and they have children and they have jobs that they ve held down for years. and it s this ability to live a normal lifestyle when they re not out killing that allows them to fly under the radar screen for years. so, we used to have a theory in the unit that if some cases go unsolved for a long time, we re probably looking for someone that s living that pro-social life and appears to be very normal to friends, neighbors, and family members. you just heard from the attorney. in the press conference he gave today, he said the suspect compulsively searched for
picture resembles the suspect in many ways. quoting now from that report, he is most likely a white male in his mid-20s to mid 40s, he is married or has a girlfriend coming is well educated, well spoken, financially secure, has a job and owns an expensive car or truck our next guest is fbi senior profiler, mary o toole at george mason university. it seems like that profile seems to fit the suspect. how common is it for serial killers to have a spouse, to have a family, to have kids? we have many cases where the serial killers have families and they have children and they have jobs that they have held down for years. and his disability to live a normal lifestyle when they are not out killing that allows them to fly under the radar screen for years. so we used to have a theory in the unit that if some cases go unsolved for a long time, we are probably looking for someone that is living that pro
and its from the eye experts at bausch and lomb so, ask your doctor about adding preservision. and fill in a missing piece of your plan. like i did with preservision an elementary schoolteacher now upgraded to stable condition after police in newport news, virginia, say she was shot by a 6-year-old student friday following a reported altercation between the teacher and the student. the teacher, who has not yet been identified, was originally listed in critical condition after the shooting. the student is in custody. police say the incident was no accident. the school will be closed monday and tuesday as investigators gather more information. joining us now with more is former fbi senior profiler and special agent mary ellen
today police in idaho are still searching for a suspect after four college students were found stabbed to death in an off campus apartment two weeks ago. authorities have now received over 260 digital media submissions after requesting pictures and videos from people in the community. officials have combed through over 1,000 additional tips and conducted 150 interviews. joining me is mary ellen o toole, a former special agent and senior profiler for the fbi, director of the forensic science program at george mason community in fairfax, virginia. first off, as we noted, it s been almost two weeks. are you surprised that there seems to be such little progress in identifying a suspect?
after a couple of days, after the incident, they did say they couldn t definitively say there was no threat to the public, and what we re being told is that, you know, because the suspect is still out there, of course, there is still a possible threat. so, people need to be aware of that, and hopefully we ll learn more when they hold a press conference on wednesday, tomorrow, at 1:00 p.m. local time. all right, we ll be waiting for that with you. natasha chen in moscow, idaho, thank you. i want to bring in now mary ellen o toole, a forensic science professor at george mason university and worked as a senior profiler at the fbi. mary ellen, this is a tough case. we just don t know that much and it seems like police are struggling to get information. if you had to mock up a profile on a potential suspect knowing what you do, what would it look like? well, i d focus on a couple of things. and one of them is that going into the house that night with multiple people there sleeping