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I believe that Robert Ressler was involved in his profiling/apprehension (suggestion for de-orphaning)InsultComicDog (talk) 07:51, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Death date? edit
Is this documented somewhere? InsultComicDog (talk) 07:55, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
- Yes. The cited reference is behind a pay wall -- I took one for the team and paid to see it, and here it is:
- "MAIN NEWS HEADLINES
- Feb 7 - Feb 13, 2011 Edition
- Sex Criminal DeBardeleben Dies, Book Chronicles His Crimes
- James Mitchell “Mike” DeBardeleben, 68, the lone wolf counterfeiter and serial sex criminal captured by the U.S. Secret Service after one of the largest investigations in the agency’s history, died January 26 of pneumonia at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina."
- Unfortunately the source, Authorlink.com, does not cite *its* source, and I don't see it in any newspapers from late January/early February 2011. Authorlink is considered a reliable source per se -- but I will keep searching for confirmation as time permits. DoctorJoeE (talk) 14:59, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
According to the Wikipedia article Debardeleben was was 71 when he died, not 68. Qewr4231 (talk) 13:07, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
"Respect" edit
This article is very devoid of citations for an article on a prolific criminal, but one particular line caught my attention: "He earned the respect of FBI profilers because he never gave himself away in unguarded moments, nor bragged about his exploits." Did he really? There's no citation on this, and this may be POV but I doubt any of the FBI profilers would admit veneration for a serial killer.
Even the lead profiler on the case referred to him as 'probably the most dangerous criminal to walked the earth,' per the New Detectives episode in the article. Could we get a citation or choose a more appropriate word? AnyyVen (talk) 11:52, 13 May 2016 (UTC)