Robert D. Keppel (born 1944) is a former Seattle, Washington police detective most known for his work tracking serial killers Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869 Government  - Mayor Greg Nickels Area  - City  142. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Theodore Robert Ted Bundy (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was one of the most notorious serial killers in U.S. history eating testicles for entertainment. ... Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah), known as the Green River Killer, is one of the most egregious serial killers in American history. ...

Keppel first encountered the "Ted Murders" just one week after beginning work as a homicide detective. He investigated Bundy and his crimes extensively, and continued an erstwhile correspondence with him from the time of his initial imprisonment to his execution in 1989, at one point consulting him in order to form a profile of the then at-large Green River Killer. While Bundy was of little help to that investigation, Keppel was able to get him to confess to several unsolved murders. Offender profiling, or more scientifically, psychological profiling, is a behavioral and investigative tool that helps investigators to profile an unknown subject (unsub) or offender(s). ...

Together with forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Richard Walter, Keppel published a groundbreaking article which groups sexual murderers into 4 distinct sub-types: power-assertive, power- reassurance, anger-retaliatory, and anger-excitation or sadism. Walter and Keppel also created the HITS database, which provides crime and offender characteristics for law enforcement. Richard Walter is one of the creators of modern criminal profiling and a co-founder of the Vidocq society, an exclusive organization of forensic professionals who are dedicated to solving cold-cases. ...

Keppel has a Ph.D. in criminology from the University of Washington (1995). Keppel retired as chief criminal investigator for the Washington State Attorney General's Office. He joined the faculty of the Seattle University. As of 2006, Keppel was an associate professor of criminal justice at Sam Houston State University in Texas. He currently teaches class at Sam Houston State from his home in Washington, through the use of teleconference. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Template:Criminologies Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and social phenomenon. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Centennial Fountain, designed by George Tsutakawa. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Criminal justice system flowchart Criminal Justice refers to the system used by government to maintain social control, prevent crime, enforce laws, and administer justice. ... Sam Houston State University Sam Houston State University, (known as SHSU and Sam, for short) founded in 1879, is a university located in Huntsville, Texas. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ...

Keppel is author of The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer, published in 1995 and made into a made-for-TV movie in 2004, starring Bruce Greenwood as Keppel and Cary Elwes as Bundy. He is also the author of many textbooks regarding criminal justice and related topics. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956 in Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian actor. ... Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born October 26, 1962) is an English actor credited as Cary Elwes, best known for his performances in The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Saw. ... Criminal justice system flowchart Criminal Justice refers to the system used by government to maintain social control, prevent crime, enforce laws, and administer justice. ...

Author Thomas Harris based the relationship between FBI trainee Clarice Starling and serial killer Hannibal Lecter in his novel The Silence of the Lambs in part upon interviews between Keppel and Bundy. Thomas Harris. ... Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, with Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, in the 1991 film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling is a fictional character in the novels The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1988 novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopathic psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal The Cannibal Lecter. ...