believed that Selepe was indeed responsible for the Cleveland murders, either alone or with an accomplice, and that the Atteridgeville and Boksburg murders had been committed by the same offender, but that this killer was not involved in the Cleveland murders. He also pointed out that the Atteridgeville-Boksburg murderer was gaining confidence with each killing and would contact the media. As predicted, serial killer Moses Sithole called the South African newspaper The Star to claim responsibility for the Atteridgeville and Boksburg murders, some time after Ressler left the case.Murray, William (2009) Serial Killers. Canary Press, 192 pages. Ressler's visit to Ciudad Juárez in Mexico to investigate the still-active feminicides occurring there served as inspiration for the character Albert Kessler in Roberto Bolaño's novel 2666. Death Ressler died at his home in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on Sunday May 5, 2013, from Parkinson's disease. He was 76 years old. Model for fictional characters A screenplay adapted from his colleague John E. Douglas' book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit was picked up by Netflix. Mindhunter stars Holt McCallany, who plays the character Special Agent Bill Tench, a lead character based on Ressler. Books Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives (with John E. Douglas, Ann Wolbert Burgess) (1988) Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI (with Tom Shachtman) (1992) Justice Is Served (with Tom Shachtman) (1994) I Have Lived in the Monster'' (with Tom Shachtman) (1998) See also Crime Classification Manual FBI method of profiling Forensic psychology Investigative psychology Offender profiling References External links Robert K Ressler interview at www.sci-fi-online.com Robert Ressler obituary at Forensic Behavioral Science International Obituary 1937 births 2013 deaths Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Federal Bureau of Investigation agents Offender profiling Michigan State University alumni United States Army officers Neurological disease deaths in Virginia Deaths from Parkinson's disease