In the consult, we discuss cases that are sexually violent in nature.

Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to the consult.

I'm Julia Cowley, retired FBI agent and profiler, and former special agent forensic scientist with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

And here with me is...

I'm Bob Drew.

I also was with the FBI and was down in the behavioral analysis unit as a profiler.

Prior to that, I was a police officer for 12 years in the state of New Hampshire.

This podcast is about criminal profiling. Both solved and unsolved cases will be discussed and behavior exhibited before, during, and after the commission of a criminal act will be examined.

For listeners, you will also be participating in the consult because as the facts, circumstances, and evidence of these cases are presented,

you will be examining, evaluating, and interpreting the behavior along with us.

And you will not always agree with us, and we will not always agree with each other, because behavioral

analysis is not an exact science. No, it's not. And it's important. It's an important tool for

investigators, but it by no means replaces solid

investigation, nor does it trump physical evidence for being the best evidence. It is, however,

an important tool. And investigators can use it and combine it with their skill and their knowledge

of the case to really enhance their

investigation. Today, Bob and I will be talking about the serial burglar, rapist, and killer

Joe DiAngelo, who terrorized California in the 1970s and 80s. This was a case Bob and I worked on

when we were in the behavioral analysis unit.

And DiAngelo was responsible for upwards of 45 sexual assaults and 13 homicides.

And despite all his crimes, he really flew under the radar.

I believe it was true crime author Michelle McNamara,

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