AUSTIN (KXAN) – Hundreds of books filled floor-to-ceiling, wooden shelves stacked along the walls of Dr. Kim Rossmo’s home office in Central Austin. Their spines displayed titles like “The Biology of Violence,” “Career Criminals” and “Delinquent Behavior.” Without knowing Rossmo’s background, one might assume a darker obsession.

But a closer look would reveal a handful written by Rossmo himself, a criminologist. They included “Geographic Profiling.” That particular volume described an investigative methodology he pioneered and has now used to scientifically determine the likelihood of a serial killer drowning victims in Lady Bird Lake a few miles away.

“Serial murder is a very rare event, but it's also one with very serious consequences,” Rossmo said, pointing to a computer monitor on hi

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