Moreover, due to the famine in Chikatilo’s village, stories of cannibalism were common so much so that Chikatilo’s mother claimed his older brother Stepan was kidnapped, killed and eaten by starved villagers (Andrei Chikatilo, Criminal Minds Wiki, par 1). This sparked a curiosity in Chikatilo’s brain that lasted all the way through his life until he performed a cannibalistic act himself. Likewise, Chikatilo suffered through extreme paranoia from his mother’s cannibalistic stories, that he felt it necessary to perform such actions on someone else to be able to make sure it does not happen to him (The Butcher of Rostov; Andrei Chikatilo par 5). Chikatilo felt in control of his victim as himself while he consumed their body parts as he was fighting against the paranoia he’s had since childhood (The Butcher of Rostov; Andrei Chikatilo par 5). …show more content…
Limited planning was required besides a tool to lure and capture his prey. Moreover, he did not have a straight pattern to his killing. Chikatilo, neither cared about age, which ranged from 7 to early 40’s or gender when picking his victims (Psychological Analysis par 7). He killed recklessly after a point, in broad daylight, in which his methods became impulsive and unpredictable which is a likely candidate for a Borderline mental illness (Psychological Analysis, par 5). Similarly, people suffering from borderline mental illness, have a constant stress that causes disturbance to their normal lives, such as unbalanced sexual relationships (Leichsenring, Leibing, Kruse, New, Leweke, pg