FAQ:
The Sexual Homicide Exchange
Q: What exactly does SHE do?
A:SHE investigates and profiles cold case homicides for law enforcement and families of murder victims. We also train law enforcement and advocate for changes in criminal investigative methods and laws.
Q: Does SHE charge for their services?
A:There is never any charge for our investigative or profiling services. SHE gets the money for its pro bono work through police training, grants, and donations.
Q:How does SHE select which cases it works?
Q: Does SHE only work on sexual homicide cases?A: All incoming cases are handled in order received. We do not “pick” cases because they are more “interesting”, or because the victim’s family is wealthy or because the case would be good for publicity. The only criteria for working on a case is that SHE can make a difference to the pursuit of justice in that case or that SHE can at least provide an answer to the family that will be beneficial to their healing process.
Q: SHE also does Equivocal Death Analyses. What are those?A: No, SHE actually will work on any homicide case regardless of the motive. It is also important to note that sometimes what seems a sexual homicide turns out to be something entirely different and what seems to be a suicide or a hit or a drug deal gone bad can turn out to be a sexual homicide.
A: Whenever we take on a new case, we first have to determine the actual cause of death and the manner of death. What looks like a suicide may actually be a homicide and what looks like a homicide may actually be a suicide or an accident. A change of manner of death may launch a police investigation into homicide or help a family understand that their loved one was not murdered after all.
Q: Are the folks at SHE armchair profilers?
A: Although a lot of profiling is done in the office, we actually go out into the field to investigate the crimes and talk to witnesses and suspects. Sometimes it is impossible to solve a crime at a distance and with the information provided by past criminal investigation, and only by going back into the field can new answers and insights be gained.
The
Sexual Homicide Exchange
1730 New Brighton Blvd #325
Minneapolis, MN 55413
651-653-4099
fax 443-342-1277
Email information@sheprofilers.com
