Donald Gaskin Research Paper

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Demographic Information : As of 2024, Donald Gaskin’s age would have been 90 years of age, his birthday being the 13th of March, 1933. At the height of his killing, Donald was 36. Gaskin’s did eventually die at the age of 51. Gaskin’s was a Caucasian male. According to the article “Donald ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins : Rapist, Cannibal, and Serial Killer” published by Investigation Discovery, the author states that “.he dropped out of school at age 11.”. This means that Gaskins dropped out of school in 6th grade, although he did go to a reform school at the age of thirteen for splitting a young girl's head with an axe. Throughout his life, Gaskins would work odd jobs. He used to work at a car shop in his younger years, he would work at carnivals, and …show more content…

Julie immediately told her mother what the boys did to her. Julie’s mother informed the other parents and the boys received intense physical beatings as punishment. Soon after the rape, Henry and Danny’s families moved away and the group was split up.” Not only did the boys have sex with prostitutes at the young age of 15, they also raped a young girl. This assault was Gaskin’s first violent sexual crime he had committed, and he explained it as “.being a very fulfilling part of his life.” This was most likely when a young Gaskin’s felt power over another individual for the first time after experiencing abuse at the hands of others. After the parents found out about the assault, both Henry and Danny’s family moved away, splitting up the trouble trio. In 1948, while working at a car shop, Gaskin’s met a man by the name of Walt. 15 year old Gaskin’s and the young man devised a plan to break into homes and sell the stolen items they got from said houses. Both boys broke into a home that was not empty. “A 16-year old girl was home and attacked Pee Wee with a hatchet when she realized the two men were robbing her …show more content…

These killings are just a sliver of the total number of murders Gaskin’s committed. His brutality towards young girls, boys, and women was unheard of at the time in South Carolina. Diagnosis : I believe that Gaskin’s had more than one disorder. I think Gaskin’s had narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), antisocial personality disorder, both sociopathic and psychopathic tendencies, and sadistic tendencies. The psychosocial factors that exist include the torment that Gaskin’s went through as a child and a young teen. Since his childhood, Gaskin’s been physically, emotionally and sexually abused by his mother, his father, and his mother’s boyfriends. This abuse led to Gaskin’s having no self-esteem, no coping mechanisms, and having dire mental health problems. The abuse did not stop outside of home either, he was regularly bullied and beaten at school by his fellow classmates. These psychosocial factors eventually led to Gaskin’s actions in the future as an adult. The contextual factors that exist include growing up in a poor household. With Gaskin’s mother being the only source of income in the house, they did not live the best

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