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Supervisory Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation (retired)
Nationalcenter for the Analysis of Violent Crime
FBI Academy Quantico , Virginia , USA

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Ithaca College, Ithaca New York, 1967
Graduate studies, Criminal Justice, Long Island University 1975-1976
Additional Graduate studies at University of Virginia 1989-1990
Master of Arts in Psychology, Marymount University Arlington, VA 1992

EMPLOYMENT

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent (1969-1994)
Threat Assessment Group (1995-1997)
Behavioral Criminology International (1997-Present)

Independent Contractor for:

• Park Dietz and Associates, Newport Beach, CA
• Threat Assessment Group, Newport Beach, CA
• U.S. Investigative Services, Hyattsville, MD.
• Control Risks Group, London England

Faculty Positions:

Adjunct Faculty University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (1988-1995) FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia

Adjunct Professor of   Forensic Psychology and Criminology Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia  Forensic Psychology (Graduate Level)

Adjunct Professor of Psychology Center for Psychological Studies (Graduate and Undergraduate) Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

FBI In-Service Training:

Selective Operations Seminar (1978)
Drug Enforcement Administration Training (1979)
Labor Racketeering (1980)
Special Weapons and Tactics (1980)
Expert Firearms and Defensive Tactics Instructors School (1981)
Crisis Management (1981)
White Collar Crime/Fraud (1982)
Profile/NCAVC Coordinator (1985)
Narcotics Raid Planning (1986)
Advanced Profile/NCAVC Coordinator (1987)
Criminal Sexuality Instructor (1987)
Arson Investigation (1988)
Advanced Criminal Sexuality Instructor (1991)
Advanced Violent Crime Investigators Seminar (1992)

OTHER TRAINING

• Basic and Advanced Forensic Pathology
• Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (1988)
• Reid School of Interview and Interrogation (1988)
• Black Belt Instructor Shorinjii Kempo (1984)
• Scientific Content Analysis by Avinom Sapir Rockville, MD (1991)
• International Conference on Violent Crime, September 13-17, 1999, Barrie, Ontario Canada
• International Homicide Investigators Seminar September 18-22, 2000, FBI Academy
• ICIAF training, Key West Florida May 20-24,2001
• ICIAF training, Barre, Ontario, September 25-28, 2001
• CPTED Certification: National Crime Prevention Institute: University of Louisville October 8-12, 2001
• Institute of Law Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia: Assessing Criminal Behavior: The Importance of How the Crime was Committed September 26, 2003

MAJOR PRESENTATIONS

• Charles O. Bick College  Toronto, Ontario Canada 1986
• State University College at Brockport, NY (1987)
• Five State Peace Officers Association Woodward, Oklahoma   October 12-14, 1988
• Bureau of Criminal Apprehension St. Paul, Minnesota   February 6-8, 1989
• Harvard Associates of Police Science University of  Maryland Medical School  Chief  Medical Examiner's Office Baltimore, MD 1989
• First Annual Governors' Conference on Violent Crime Myrtle Beach, South Carolina  May 18, 1989
• International Criminal Investigation and Training Program (ICITAP)
• Criminal Investigative Analysis Belize, Central America
• Principal Instructor August 18-26, 1989  University of Virginia
• Institute of Psychiatry and the Law Featured Speaker 1989
• Metropolitan Toronto Police Criminal Sexuality Seminar Principal Instructor 1990
• Colorado Association of Sex Crime Investigators Glenwood Springs, Colorado  Principal Instructor May 15-18, 1990
• Ontario Police College  Alymer, Ontario  Criminal Sexuality Seminar Principal Instructor May 21-24, 1990
• Southeastern Association of Criminal Investigators Criminal Sexuality Seminar Principal Instructor Tampa, Florida September 15-20, 1990
• Featured Speaker at Homicide Symposium, Crime Scene Analysts Conference and King
• County Police Sex Crime Investigators Training
• Seattle, Washington
• Olympia, Washington
• Yakima, Washington May 6-10, 1991
• New York City Police Advanced Homicide Detective Training Featured Speaker May 1991
• New York, NY
• FBI   National Academy Retraining Seminar Violent Crime Rochester, New York June 23-26, 1991
• Marymount University  Psy Chi National Honor Society for Psychology Guest Lecturer "Inside the Violent Mind". Arlington, VA - October 1, 1991
• FBI National Academy European Chapter Violent Crime Investigation Brussels, Belgium November 1992
• First International Symposium on Criminal Investigative Analysis Principal Instructor and Coordinator Vienna, Austria - October 1993
• Policia Judiciare National Police Academy of Portugal  Investigating Violent Crime Principal Instructor Lisbon, Portugal - November 1993
• Cuerpo Nacional De Policia National Police Academy of Spain  Investigating Violent Crime
• Principal Instructor Avila, Spain - December, 1993
• Hungarian National Police Investigating Violent Crime Principal Instructor Budapest, Hungary - June 1994
• French National Police Investigating Violent Crime Principal Instructor Paris, France - June 1994
• California District Attorney's Association 10th Annual Homicide Symposium : January 1995
• Defense Research Institute Premise Liability re Violent Crimes Boston, Massachusetts
• May 25-26, 1995
• Pacific Coast Labor Law Conference Seattle, Washington  Workplace Violence Prevention
• June 7-9, 1995
• Grand Rounds University of Virginia Medical School  Charlottesville, Virginia  November 8, 1995
• Center for the Study of the Mind and Human Interaction University of Virginia  Charlottesville, Virginia - January 17, 1996
• Defense Research Institute Premises Liability for Violent Crimes San Diego, California
• March 27-29, 1996
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America  Premises Liability for Violent Crimes Mega Seminar
• Las Vegas, Nevada  February 1997
• Defense Research Institute Premises Liability for Violent Crimes New Orleans, Louisiana
• April 10-11, 1997
• FBI National Academy  International Retraining Symposium Burlington, Ontario Canada
• July 14 - 15, 1997
• Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists White Plains, New York  October 17, 1997
• Employers Reinsurance Corporation Violent Crime Seminar San Francisco, CA  Oct. 27, 1997
• Atlanta Apartment Association Premises Liability - Violent Crime Seminar Atlanta, Georgia, May 20, 1998
• "The Violent Mind" Nova Southeastern University (APA accredited) Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• June 20 - 21, 1998
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America  Inadequate Security Litigation Group National Convention Washington, D.C. - July 13, 1998
• Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia  Premises Liability-Violent Crime Seminar
• Atlanta, Georgia November 5, 1998
• Annual Claims Exposition & Conference Premises Liability Violent Crime Presentation
• St. Louis, Missouri November 13, 1998
• Eastern Analytical Symposium Criminal Profiling Somerset, New Jersey November 18, 1998
• American Academy of Forensic Sciences Panel Member Suicide and Equivocal Death Investigations Orlando, Florida February 15, 1999
• Nova Southeastern University The Violent Mind (APA Accredited) Orlando, Florida - February 27-28, 1999
• Miami, Florida May 15-16, 1999
• Burns International Security Seminar Las Vegas, Nevada  September 13-15, 1999  
• Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science Cold Case Homicide Workshop University of New Haven  January 11-13, 2000
• Northern California Fraud Investigator's Conference Monterey, California  April 11, 2000
• Institute of Continuing Legal Education Atlanta, Georgia  Premise Liability and Violent Crime November 3, 2000
• University of Virginia  Critical Incident Analysis Group Religious Violence/Waco November 14, 2000
• California State Hospital at Atascadero  Presentation to Staff re Violent Offenders May 9-11, 2001
• Marymount University  "The Violent Mind" October 23, 2001  
• Institute for Continuing Legal Education Atlanta, Georgia  Premise Liability and Violent Crime November 2, 2001
• DeSales University  Bethlehem, PA.  "The Violent Mind" November 14, 2001
• Violence Risk Assessment through Crime Analysis DC Superior Court Pre-Trial Services Washington, D.C.  December 6, 2001
• Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science Cold Case Homicide Workshop University of New Haven  December 10-12, 2001
• Homicide: Behaviors, Motives and Psychology: A Gathering of Leading Experts Monte Carlo Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada  March 11-13, 2002
• University of Paris  Institut de Criminlologie Departement de Recherche Premiere Conference Internationale Sur L'Analyse Criminelle et le Profilage Criminel 391 Rue, de Vaugirard/75006 Paris, France June 3-5, 2002
• Conference of County Court Judges Ft. Myers, Florida  Risk of Violence Prediction July 12, 2002  
• Colorado Sex Crime Investigators Association Aspen, Colorado  August 28-30, 2002
• American University  Washington, D.C.  
• International Criminal Justice Seminar September 6, 2002
• Defense Research Institute Sexual Torts:  Rape and False Allegation of Rape Hotel Del Coronado San Diego, California  October 24-25, 2002
• Canadian Association of Psychiatry and the Law (CAPL) Annual Conference Banff, Alberta Canada  October 31, 2002
• Profiling and Crime Analysis: Homicides, Sex Crimes and Other Crimes of Violence A Program for Law Enforcement, Justice and Mental Health Professionals Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida  November 8-9, 2002
• Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science Cold Case Homicide Seminar University of New Haven  January 6-9, 2003
• American College of Forensic Examiners National Conference; Scottsdale, Arizona  October 9-11, 2003 Violent Female Offenders
• Marymount University  Profiling and Beyond December 6, 2003
• Arlington, Virginia  Ithaca College  Ithaca, New York  Department of Psychology FBI Profiling and the Criminal Mind March 1, 2004
• Nova University  Homicide Presentation for Law Enforcement Miami, Florida  March 26, 2004
• Nova University  Homicide Presentation for Law Enforcement Las Vegas, Nevada  April 2, 2004
• Markle Symposium Henry Lee Institute of Forensic Science Foxwood Resorts Ledyard, Connecticut  April 5-6, 2004
• Advanced Markle Symposium Cold Case Homicide Workshop Henry Lee Institute of Forensic Science University of New Haven  April 7-9,2004
• Atascadero State Hospital  Presentation to staff re violent offenders Atascadero, California  May 3, 2004
• Public Defenders Service Washington D.C.  Interview/Interrogation Techniques Dynamics of False Confessions May 17, 2004

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS

• Agent McCrary has been a consultant to law enforcement agencies both nationally and internationally in over 1000 cases involving sexual homicide, serial murder, rape, arson, child abduction, child molestation, threat assessments and other violent crimes.
• October 24, 1987   On-site consultation, Toronto, Canada re the homicide of Margaret McWilliams
• November 9-11, 1988   On-site consultation, Little rock, Arkansas re the abduction of infant Christopher Michael Jones from a hospital.
• November 21-23, 1989   On-site consultation, Toronto, Canada, re "The Scarborough Rapist"
• January 12, 1989   On-site consultation with the Massachusetts State Police, New Bedford, Mass. re serial murder of prostitutes.
• February 7, 1989   On-site consultation, prosecutive strategy re John William Doughty (kidnapping and attempted murder) St. Paul, Minnesota
• April 26, 1989   On-site New Bedford, Massachusetts re serial killing of prostitutes.
• April 27, 1989   On-site consultation re sexually sadistic rapist; Waterford, Connecticut
• November 3-8, 1989   On-site consultation with Royal Bahamian Police re a serial murder investigation
• November 12-18, 1989 ICITAP presentation and case consultation in San Jose, Costa Rica.
• December 13-15, and 27-29, 1989  On-site consultation re serial killings of prostitutes, Rochester, New York.
• December 26, 1989    On-site Consultation re mass murder of Harris Family, Ithaca, NY
• September 4-6, 1990   Newark, New Jersey Multi-agency meeting re Eric Napoletano serial murder investigation.
• January 9-11, 1991    Suffolk County New York Police, Kathy Woods Homicide
• April 22-23, 1991   Multi-jurisdictional task force re Peter Stark, suspected serial killer, Province of Ontario, Canada
• August 27-29, 1991   Phoenix, Arizona re the murders of  nine individuals in a Buddhist Temple.
• September 24-26, 1991   Greenville South Carolina State Organization of Victim's Assistance Multi-State Conference and case consultation with SLED re serial rapist.
• October 16-22, 1991 Vancouver, BC   On-site consultation re a series of sexual homicides.
• November 5-8, 1991 Charleston, SC consultation re a series of rapes (The North Charleston Rapist).
• March 18, 1992 - April 3, 1992   On-site consultation re murder of FBI Agent Stanley Ronquist - Kansas City
• May - June of 1992 At Morristown, New Jersey re kidnapping of Sidney J. Reso, President of Exxon International
• August 1992  Dr. Ernst Geiger and Magistrate Thomas Mueller, Vienna Austria re serial murder investigation (Signature Crime Analysis).
• October 1992  Leslie Mahaffey, Kristen French homicides - Project Green Ribbon - St. Catherines, Ontario Canada.
• November 1992, at Brussels Belgium and Amsterdam for FBINA presentation and case consultation re serial child molester.
• March-April 1993 - At Waco, Texas re Branch Davidian standoff
• May 1993 - At Vienna, Austria with Dr. Geiger and Thomas Mueller re three additional homicide cases
• November 1993 - At Lisbon, Portugal re a serial murder investigation 
• December 1993 - At Avila, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain re unsolved homicide investigations
• December 1993 - At Babenhausen, Germany re abduction and sexual homicide of a two-year-old female.
• March 1994 - In Florida and Alabama re Frank Potts serial murder investigation
• March of 1994 - In Mexico City assisting Mexican authorities re assassination of Presidential Candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio
• June 1994 - At Graz Austria - provided expert testimony re Jack Unterweger, Serial Murderer.
• June 1994 - At Budapest, Hungary re unsolved homicides with Hungarian National Police and Budapest Homicide
• June 1994 - At Paris, France re unsolved homicides
• September 1995 - At Morristown, New Jersey re Nicholas Muscio homicide investigation
• January of 1996 - At Somerville, Massachusetts re Edward O'Brien homicide investigation
• April of 1997 - Testified the transfer hearing of Edward O'Brien in a homicide case for the Middlesex County Prosecutor
• May of 1998 - At Ventameglia and San Remo Italy re on-going serial murder Investigation
• July 29, 1998  At University of Virginia, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Public Policy, re serial murder investigation in Perth, Australia (Macro Task Force)
• November, 1998 At New Scotland Yard, London England re a series of rapes and a serial homicide investigation.
• September 1999 At Barre, Ontario Canada with an Australian Multi-Agency Task force  investigating a series of sexually sadistic homicides committed by a group of offenders.     
• March 31 April 3, 2000 Testified in the Sam Sheppard civil trial in Cleveland, Ohio.
• March 2003 Testified in Alaska v. Wade, Anchorage Alaska.  Sexual homicide.    

PUBLICATIONS:

Contributing author to The Crime Classification Manual Macmillan Inc. 1992

A Typology of Interpersonal Stalking, Co-authored with Dr. Ann Burgess and others; published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence - December 1996.  Sage Publications.

The Unknown Darkness; Profiling the Predators Among Us.ISBN 0060509570: Co-authored with Dr. Katherine Ramsland: Published by William Morrow in September 2003.

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS:

• Member of Editorial Review Board for Aggression and Violence a Professional Journal
• Member of Editorial Review Board for Journal of Family Violence a Professional Journal
• Member of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
• Member of the International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship (ICIAF)
• Member of the Society for Former Special Agents of the FBI
• Member of the International CPTED Association (ICA )
• Charter Member of the International Homicide Investigators Association (IHIA)

PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF AGENT McCRARY'S EXPERTISE:

• Noted British Criminologist and author Colin Wilson dedicated his 1990 book, "The Serial Killers" to Agent McCrary.
• Agent McCrary's work in violent crime was featured in the Emmy nominated documentary   
• "Mind of a Serial Killer" which was produced by NOVA for the Public Broadcasting system (PBS) in 1992.
• Agent McCrary's work in an international serial murder investigation was highlighted in the   documentary "A Stranger Murder" produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in conjunction with the Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E) in 1995.
• Agent McCrary's expertise was featured in a documentary produced for Japanese National    Television by FUJI Television Productions in 1995 entitled, "The Nonfiction Approach to Serial Killers"
• Agent McCrary's expertise was featured in two documentaries in 1998.  One was titled "Born to Kill" and was produced for Discovery Magazine and aired nationally on the Discovery Channel. The second was a French documentary produced by Sciences et Avenir and aired internationally from Paris.                   
• Agent McCrary's expertise was featured in three documentaries in 1999.  One for Time Zone International, a German Television Production a second for "The FBI Files" produced by the Discovery Channel which also produced a third documentary entitled "The Profilers."             
• Agent McCrary's expertise in crime analysis was featured in an MSNBC documentary"The Jon-Benet Murder Mystery" which aired nationally on January 23, 2000.
• Agent McCrary's expertise in stalking behaviors was featured in a Documentary produced for Japanese Television the FUJI Television Productions in May of 2000.
• 48 Hours Investigates:  Expert analysis on a false allegation of rape and assault. September, 2003
• Agent McCrary has worked with numerous victims groups throughout the United States  and has served as a member of the national advisory board for Parents of Murdered Children.
• Agent McCrary has provided expert commentary for such media organizations as NBC, ABC, CBS, Cable News Network (CNN), The Today Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, 60 Minutes, Dateline, 48 Hours, Larry King Live, The Discovery Channel, BBC, RTL Television in Germany, Japanese National Television and other national and international programs.  He has also provided expert opinions to print media including Time, Newsweek, U.S.
• News and World Report, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco
• Chronicle, The Toronto Star, and "Psychologie" Magazine in the Netherlands among others.

FBI ASSIGNMENTS

• FBI Academy, Quantico, Va.   1988-1994 Behavioral Science Unit
• National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime Critical Incident Response Group
• Types of Crimes:
• Threatening Communications and Extortions
• Product Tampering
• Sexual Homicide
• Serial Murder
• Mass Murder
• Serial Rape
• Stalking
• Homicide
• Arson
• Sex Crimes
• White Collar Crime
• Foreign Counterintelligence
• Kidnapping and Abduction
• Bank Robbery
• Organized Crime
• Drug Trafficking

Services:

• Criminal Investigative Analysis (Including Profiling)
• Threat Assessments
• Violence Risk Assessments
• Interview and Interrogation Techniques                                  
• Expert Testimony
• Training and Research
• Investigative Strategy                                                  
• Personality Assessments

Buffalo Field Division, 1977-1988

White Collar Crime
Foreign Counterintelligence
Threats and Extortions
Kidnapping and Abduction
Bank Robbery
Homicide
Hijacking
Undercover Assignments
Organized Crime
Drug Trafficking
Expert Firearms and Defensive Tactics Instructor
Special Weapons and Tactics Team Leader              

New York City Field Division, 1971-1977

Foreign Counterintelligence
Organized Crime
Bank Robbery
Homicide
Hijacking
Threats and Extortions
Kidnapping and Abduction
Undercover Assignments
Loan Sharking and Gambling

Detroit Field Division, 1970-71

Bank Robbery
Kidnapping and Abduction
Homicide
Threats and Extortion
Organized Crime
Hijacking
Loan Sharking and Gambling