Dan Rather

How tough is it to catch a serial killer? Very, say experts in the field. For one thing, the perpetrator rarely looks the part, and since he usually has no remorse, he doesn't act guilty either. Most serial offenders are considered to be fairly smart, smart enough to at least keep quiet about their evil deeds in the presence of strangers, even if some may openly taunt the authorities.

How tough is it to catch a serial killer? Very, say experts in the field. For one thing, the perpetrator rarely looks the part, and since he usually has no remorse, he doesn't act guilty either. Most serial offenders are considered to be fairly smart, smart enough to at least keep quiet about their evil deeds in the presence of strangers, even if some may openly taunt the authorities.

How tough is it to catch a serial killer? Very, say experts in the field. For one thing, the perpetrator rarely looks the part, and since he usually has no remorse, he doesn't act guilty either. Most serial offenders are considered to be fairly smart, smart enough to at least keep quiet about their evil deeds in the presence of strangers, even if some may openly taunt the authorities.

In Spokane, Washington, 10 women had been murdered in two years. After a painstaking investigation and sometimes painful scrutiny of the police, authorities finally got their man. Harold Dow picks up the story. This is Breaking News.

In Spokane, Washington, 10 women had been murdered in two years. After a painstaking investigation and sometimes painful scrutiny of the police, authorities finally got their man. Harold Dow picks up the story. This is Breaking News.

In Spokane, Washington, 10 women had been murdered in two years. After a painstaking investigation and sometimes painful scrutiny of the police, authorities finally got their man. Harold Dow picks up the story. This is Breaking News.

Trying to solve the puzzle of the serial killer. Serial killers are unique.

Trying to solve the puzzle of the serial killer. Serial killers are unique.

Trying to solve the puzzle of the serial killer. Serial killers are unique.

Those who profile serial killers offer this chilling assessment. that Yates has probably committed even more murders than he's been linked to thus far. There's some very long gaps in his self-confessed killing spree, and the experts say it's unlikely a serial killer would go that long, a decade or more, between murders.

Those who profile serial killers offer this chilling assessment. that Yates has probably committed even more murders than he's been linked to thus far. There's some very long gaps in his self-confessed killing spree, and the experts say it's unlikely a serial killer would go that long, a decade or more, between murders.

Those who profile serial killers offer this chilling assessment. that Yates has probably committed even more murders than he's been linked to thus far. There's some very long gaps in his self-confessed killing spree, and the experts say it's unlikely a serial killer would go that long, a decade or more, between murders.

Investigators in Washington state have been making lists of every unsolved murder everywhere Yates is known to have been during the last 25 years. But so far, aside from those crimes that have already landed him in prison for life, Robert Yates isn't talking.

Investigators in Washington state have been making lists of every unsolved murder everywhere Yates is known to have been during the last 25 years. But so far, aside from those crimes that have already landed him in prison for life, Robert Yates isn't talking.

Investigators in Washington state have been making lists of every unsolved murder everywhere Yates is known to have been during the last 25 years. But so far, aside from those crimes that have already landed him in prison for life, Robert Yates isn't talking.

He's an object's friend. How are you?

He's an object's friend. How are you?

He's an object's friend. How are you?

Oh, wow.

Oh, wow.