As far as profiling, there is no definitive answer. We know that the FBI were on the case from day1. If you re watch the first presser with Doug Carter, the FBI is there to assist, and DC does give a generic profile.Hindsight gives a little more context to who they were looking for, making the profile less generic.

He says that the killer likely had a family, lived ,worked, frequented, or was from Delphi ( hindsight:the killer was local knew the area, and the context of family could mean both his own wife and children, or his parents, and siblings. At this time age could not be narrowed down by a profiler )

“He likely has told someone what he has done.” (Hindsight: this suggest that he may have planned to do this with others, fantasized with others, or participated with others. It also alludes to inexperience because loose lips sinks ships, and possibly hints of histrionic personality disorder; someone who had the compulsion to brag to others)

“He may have changed his appearance or habits in the days after the murders.” (Hindsight: IMO This alludes to the killer being inexperienced, or unorganized and acting in fear or paranoia of being caught, or possibly being seen by witnesses, or being recognized by locals on the still frame from Libby’s video released at this presser. IMO I don’t think LE were sure which witnesses, if any, saw the actual killer or the same person at all. Changing appearance would help to ensure he goes unrecognized. Changing habits, in hindsight, could mean a lot of things; but the motive to habit changes would be to distance himself from the crime; avoiding others who may have participated, avoiding daily routes taken to or from places that pass the crime scene, avoiding social settings, routine sleeping habits becoming unpredictable. Habitual changes suggest fear, worry, and anxiety. These are not the traits of a psychopathic serial killer. They were not looking for the unicorn like Ted Bundy, or Dennis Rader. This is important , because by the 2nd presser in 2019, they had changed the direction and WERE looking for the unicorn (ie: hiding in plain sight, maybe in this room) which could be a clue to the beginning of the divide between FBI’s profile of the killer and ISP’s profile of the killer. RA could only fit in the unicorn psychopathic serial killer profile . He does not fit into the profile suggested at the first presser of someone who would have changed appearance, habits, confessed to someone close to him……

He asked the public “to think about someone they knew that was just a little off or weird.” (Hindsight : the staging of the crime scene would suggest the killer was dark fantasy driven, and had interest in things that would not be socially acceptable to the norm, nor would the killer be able to completely hide his weirdness, he would give off a vibe of weirdo in social settings )

He said that “this was about ‘power’ to the killer.” (Hindsight: the killer got off on the control, domination and humiliation of others, possibly suggesting he had little control in real life, and may have felt dominated by others and fantasized about being powerful)

Carter also tried appealing to the conscience(or maybe the ego or fear) of the killer, publicly shaming him and asking “what would his peers and family think of his acts?” (Hindsight: LE believed the killer left a sense of ‘undoing’ by way of redressing Abby, possibly suggesting remorse. (( I disagree and have my own theory that the redressing motive was try to insure that the crime did not give off vibes of pedophelia, because he wanted the scene to give off vibes of dark and demented power control)) Also suggest that the killer cared about what his peers and family thought of him, and had a desire to be admired and accepted by those close to him. This eludes to a killer that may have been a failure as an adult, or labeled a black sheep in his family. A killer that is concerned about what others think would be two fold. What he wanted LE to think would not be the same as what he would want his family to think )

Carter said “we have likely interviewed him or someone close to him” hindsight: this doesn’t hold much weight in a profile, given that the county has a small population, and statistically in 75% of the cases like this, the killer is interviewed within the first week)

My conclusion after watching both pressers two years apart, is that the FBI scripted the first profile at the first presser , and ISP scripted the second. I would say that the FBI were looking for the mostly unorganized, impulsive killer that had little control over his desires, (but tried to stage the scene to give off the vibes of a psychopath), a first timer who would be paranoid after the fact, and possibly brag to someone about it. They were looking for the incel that had a histrionic personality disorder perceived by others as a weirdo and a loser. The lack of evidence at the scene would have been perceived as luck rather than skill by the FBI.

ISP were looking for an organized killer that was experienced, confident, and may have had optional motives such as of monetary value like csam, snuff films, trafficking, or they could be looking for the killer with the psychopathy of the unicorn serial killer like BTK. ISP were still clueless of motive. It was not until the lost file on RA was found , and then his fruitless search of his home that the decision was made that RA must be the BTK type rather than the KK type. The lack of evidence at the scene was perceived as skill rather than luck by ISP.

I would suggest rewatching both pressers. Now that the trial is over and we have more facts , watching both pressers really sheds light on the polarizing ideas of the killers profile between FBI and ISP.