Arrogant and self-entitled, he eschews the stability of marriage or a career in favour of the excitement of living his life outside the law. Often he is an angry young man, whose murder spree begins when he uses violent means to solve a situation that causes frustration to his inflated ego. Once he knows that a felony offence will be linked to him, he flees the hand of justice, murdering and robbing anyone who has the misfortune to cross his path. Accordingly, his first victim may be an acquaintance or family member, while subsequent victims are strangers whom he seeks to use for his own gain. The utilitarian spree killer usually kills to eliminate witnesses, thus the majority of his murders are quick and impersonal — a few quick blasts from a firearm. At times he will take a situation more personally, stabbing, bludgeoning, or strangling his victims, though these occurrences are rarer. Suicidal behaviour is atypical of the utilitarian spree killer because he is not ashamed of his criminality; rather, he embraces it as a virtue.
