Dr. Mary Ellen O’Toole has spent her career studying the criminal mind. One of the most senior profilers for the FBI until her retirement in 2009, she has helped capture, interview, and understand some of the world’s most infamous criminals, including Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer; Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber; and the Zodiac serial murder case. O’Toole also worked the Elizabeth Smart and Natalee Holloway disappearances, the Columbine shootings and many other high-profile cases.

O’Toole’s law enforcement career spanned 32 years, beginning in the San Francisco’s District Attorney’s Office when she was a criminal investigator. O’Toole worked as an FBI agent for 28 years. She continues to lecture at the FBI Academy on psychopathy and interviewing. She has served as adjunct faculty to the FBI’s Leadership Development Institute at the FBI Academy and also frequently lectures at the Smithsonian Institution. She is a Fellow with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

 

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