Assertion: serial killer's act | /r/HasProperty | performed
Facets:
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: before
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Profilers use a list of factors such as whether the victim’s body was positioned or posed by the killer, whether sexual acts were performed before or after death and whether cannibalism or mutilation was practiced on the body.
text: Once a serial killer is in possession of a living victim, and has this victim where he feels safe enough to act out his fantasies, the acts he carries out are often performed as if on "auto-pilot.