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South African psychologist, police officer, and author

"Catch Me a Killer" redirects here. For the TV series, see Catch Me a Killer (TV series).

Micki Pistorius is a South African forensic or investigative psychologist and author.

She was the first woman in her profession and the first profiler in South Africa, working on many high-profile cases involving serial killers for the South African Police Service in the 1990s.

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She is known for her autobiography, Catch Me a Killer (2000), on which a television series of the same name was based, released in 2024.

Early life and undergraduate education

Pistorius grew up in Pretoria.

She studied German in school, and graduated with a BA, majoring in psychology and languages at the University of Pretoria. She studied French at university.^[1]

Career

Journalism

After graduating with a BA, Pistorius began working in public relations, which included writing press releases, before moving into journali