Talk:Richard Laurence Marquette

Is "serial killer central" a reliable source?
It sure doesn't look like one. More like user-submitted content with no editorial oversight. And some of the things it says about Marquette directly contradict A Rose for Her Grave which was written by a professional crime writer known for her thorough research into the subjects she writes about. It barely even mentions the Wilson murder and claims he will one day be eligible for parole. I don't think we should trust it as a source. Beeblebrox (talk) 06:16, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I completely agree. It is not a Reliable Source.Tkotc (talk) 20:19, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Serial killer?
I have to wonder if a person who commits a second murder thirteen years after the first is really a "serial" killer. Yes, the second and third killings were in short order, but two does not a series make, and the other one (the first) is so distant that it seems to stretch definitions a whole lot to include it in a "series".--Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 14:37, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * On the contrary, Marquette meets the definition of a serial killer in every way. He is pretty much a perfect example of a person who committed a series of murders over a period of time, with space between each murder, who killed because of an abnormal psychological condition. Strangling and chopping up your dates is not exactly normal and shows a unique signature that ties the murders to an underlying psychological need. People who commit a bunch of murders one after the other are spree killers. Keep in mind that a large part of the reason for the long time frame between the first and second murders is that he was in jail for 11 years. Their aren't any women to kill in prison, and the guards tend to notice if you spend all day chopping up a dead body in your cell. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:42, 19 May 2011 (UTC)