Larry Eyler Summary

Social Environment: A summary of the Killers’ life from birth to arrest. Larry Eyler, a white male was born on December 21, 1952. His childhood days were spent in the same geographical area within which he was born, namely Crawfordville, Indiana, United States of America. Eyler was described as physically attractive with few episodes in his adolescent and young adult life that would render him obvious (Bahr, Snuffer & Wright, n.d). Eyler’s first sexual encounter or experience is unknown. His grades in school or IQ are also unknown. Eyler neither served in the military nor did he apply to be a police officer. He did however worked in different cities doing different types of jobs. He taught Library Science

In October of the same year, 14yr old Delvoyd Baker’s body was found outside Indianapolis. Bodies were being found almost weekly and a pattern of stabbing and strangulation was present in all cases. Between the 25th and 28th of December, 1982 three bodies were discovered, still in Indiana. On August 31, 1983, Robert Calise was murdered near Lake Forest and he was found bounded and stabbed 17 times. In September 1983 Eyler was arrested by a patrol officer on the Interstate 65 and incriminating evidence was found in his vehicle. Eyler was released whilst enquiries continued (Bahr, Snuffer & Wright,

Larry Eyler was the last of four children raised by his mother and stepfather. He was raised in an unstable and abusive environment. He witnessed and lived in instability through the many marriages and divorces of his mother and this was coined with the physical abused he suffered at the hands of his biological father. These experiences were in his childhood and adolescent life. Instability persisted in his living arrangements as Eyler had to endure continuous changing of his residential status as he moved and lived with various family members other than his biological mother and father and even his stepfathers (Kolarik & Klatt, 2012).

Eyler’s instability was a feature of his teenage life and manifested itself by him being a trouble maker in school and only attaining a GED after dropping out at age 18. He sporadically attended college between 1974 to 1978 but eventually dropped out without obtaining a degree (Bahr, Snuffer & Wright, n.d). Eyler’s shortcomings are regarded as a consequence of the physical and psychological abuse from his father and stepfathers. Additionally Eyler’s stepfathers teased him and this coupled with his internal struggles with his homosexuality, abetted by the feeling of abandonment from his mother are considered to be factors adding to his instability (Kolarik & Klatt, 2012). Eyler’s mother and father were not known to be drug users and even though