CE ARTICLE CE ARTICLE: 3 CE CREDITS Frank S. Perri, JD, MBA, CPA; and Terrance G. Lichtenwald, PhD Myths & the Female Psychopathic Killer The Last Frontier: n this article the authors focus on psychopathic women who kill. Not all women who kill do so because of men- tal illness, abuse, or coercion. Some kill because they are antisocial and behaviorally exhibit psychopathic traits. In this article the authors examine some of the misperceptions of female criminality; current research on female psychopa- thy; and case studies of female psychopathic killers featuring Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy, cesarean section homicide, fraud detection homicide, female kill teams, and a female se- rial killer. In addition, both the means by which the myths of societal perceptions inluence how the criminal justice system operates when encountering these offenders and recommen- dations for law enforcement and forensic examiners who have to interact with them are addressed. I 50 THE FORENSIC EXAMINER ® Summer 2010