Table 3. Methods Used by Offenders to Murder Their Victims. Methods Male serial Female serial Partnered serial Cases and offenders Cases and offenders Offenders Single methodt (n = 144) (n = 58) Cases (n = 28) (n = 105) Axed N Blunt force 22 Cleaning solution - O Dismembered Drowning Drugging 13 Explosives ADOOWONOONOODO NONONONOO- OOWO Firearms only 24 Neglect Y ww - - -wou- Poison Starvation Stabbing 13 Strangulation 62 - Suffocation Cases and offenders Cases and offenders Offenders Multiple methodst (n = 194) (n = 13) Cases (n = 69) (n = 222) Acid Axed - W N Bitten NONVO Blunt force Buried alive Burned 13 22 Canine Cannibalized Cleaning solution Dismembered Drowning NUOONDOWO-OMO-OO-ONOOO Drugging Electrocution Explosives HINOA Firearms WU - WWWD -NAGY Mutilated Neglect Poison Stabbing 96 03 Starvation 0 14 Strangulation 114 100 A Suffocation 25 tp = .00