Hate to disagree but most people murder out of rage at an individual, the so called crime of passion. Most won’t repeat unless exposed to a very simmilar situation. Some are serial killers who get off on it, this guy sounds like one of them.
Probably a rabid environmentalist who doesn’t like people sullying his precious trail.
That is a very bold statement. Do you want to back it up with some facts?
How was his crime a crime of passion? A crime of passion usually results in the a very mitigated charge, btw; somebody who gets in a fight with his buddy and knocks him off his bar stool with the result that the buddy hits his head and dies is never judged by the same standard as a person who randomly kills people unknown to him (or kills them in the commission of a crime).
This guy’s first murder was of two hikers who were actually hiking to collect money for a charity. They were from Maine, and he did not know them and it was not a crime of passion.
Your statement is not exactly true. True, most murders are committed by someone who knew the victim, but most are not crimes of passion, as you put it. If most murders were done in the heat of anger then the liberals who claim carrying a gun by ordinary citizens would result in a blood bath would be true, but the facts in shall carry states refute that, the opposite is true, murders actually decrease.
Most murders are committed with a motive in mind, getting uncle's money, killing the husband or wife so they can be with a new partner(and keep the money too), killing the kids simply because you don't want them around any more, etc. Those are your most common murders. These people, along with psychopaths such as the one in this article, should all be put to death for their crimes.