One side of Schaefer seemed to be a respectable man. He was raised by Catholic parents, applied to priesthood at one point, married, briefly acted as a high school teacher, and filled the position of being a patrol officer. The other side of Gerard was not so pleasant. He murdered animals, had an obsession with women's clothing that led him to spy on teenagers, and ended up killing at least two youths. Fiction Killer even participated in a prison cell killing, although this time as the victim.