Later in the story it is revealed that police think the killer has “a sophisticated understanding of police investigative techniques” and “may be a cop.”
What techniques is he so familiar with??? Stupid sensationalist Brit reporters.
Serial killers are often very, very intelligent, genius level even.
“”a sophisticated understanding of police investigative techniques” and “may be a cop.””
There have been a few who turned out to be cops, but more often than not, they have only a tangential connection to law enforcement, or simply a personal interest in it. BTK, for example, wasn’t a real cop, but a code enforcement officer, though he reveled even in that authority. Nowadays, one could get a pretty “sophisticated” knowledge of police techniques by watching a lot of CSI and reading true crime novels, though the investigators may see something more than that.