The Dark Triad

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Before full scale profiling took off the FBI used to express belief in a theory called The Homicidal Triangle. Violent offenders often had 3 main characteristics in their back round. Post Adolescent bed wetting, cruelty to animals and some experience with Pyromania. My personal experience is that people that have histories with cruelty toward animals are big red flags. They have know empathy for any living creature at all, they are just "things" for their own personal use.

My oldest dog "Bama" was tied to a tree as a puppy while some kids tried to run over here with a bicycle. This was all done with the complete knowledge of their parents. Bama is 15+ years old now but at the time there were no serious animal cruelty laws (it is now a felony in some cases in Alabama). Happy ending, I got her away from the family and she spends her time chasing squirrels (she is not real fast anymore) and lounging on our deck. To this day she has an absolute terror of small children.