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It was therefore hypothesised that their spatial patterns would reflect the importance of a) the centrality of the home location for determining the disposal site locations, b) the relevance of maintaining distance between sequential disposal site locations themselves. Support for this rationality would be evident through their spatial patterns of disposal locations, but these spatial patterns themselves would vary depending on the range over which the offender was operating. For, although the murders committed by serial killers may not be considered rational, but rather a consequence of heightened emotion and lack of impulse control, environmental psychology hypotheses predict that their choice of disposal site location may be guided by a recognisable rationality. An environmental psychology perspective looks on the rational processes that may underlie these disturbing and highly emotive crimes. This paper presents one particular application of these principles to the study of those very rare criminals, serial killers. The application of environmental psychology principles and findings to the work of criminal investigators is gaining ground.