A Course of Passion

6: Ended

We get notified that same day that they've come across another victim, Rossi and I go over to the scene, "her name's Victoria Taylor. She was a senior at Cove High. An honor student and cheerleader." The Sheriff tells us as we walk into the crime scene. He shakes his head, as if he's going to be sick and turns away, "sorry, my, uh, daughter went to a football game at their school last week, "she was killed in uniform. No postmortem dressing." Rossi comments as he looks at the body on the ground.

"Different victimology. Different M.O." I return.

"We got two killers here?" Rossi questions.

I offer, "what if the unsub's showing his true colors? Paige was the surrogate, Victoria his ideal."

"One he probably spent weeks trying to find." Rossi adds on, "location also narrows down our suspect pool."

The sheriff asks what we mean, "how do you figure?"

I clarify to him, "we're 10 miles from Glenport Village. That eliminates anyone with a tracking device."

Rossi looks at me and we nod at each other, "Sheriff, round up your men. We're ready to deliver the profile."

As we head back to the station, we fill in Hotch and the others on what we found at the crime scene. Tara starts us off, "based on the age of everyone without a chip, we are searching for a man in his late 30s to early 40s."

"In addition to them, we're also looking at residents from nearby communities." Rossi adds.

"Regardless of location, this unsub is experienced, organized, and worst of all, he is patient. He has practiced extreme self-control to sublimate his desires." Derek explains to everyone.

"Frequent precursor crimes to this kind of fetishized murder include peeping and petty larceny of objects like undergarments." Spencer describes.

Derek goes on, "now, this guy's probably fantasized and obsessed over these murders for years. Now that he's gotten a taste, he's gonna want to keep killing and will take increased risks to do so."

I elaborate, "as is evidenced by another murder on the heels of the first and under the nose of police and federal investigators. This guy gets off on the thrill as much as the killing."

Spencer then explains, "125 people have had their chips removed, but remember, it's possible that the unsub is not from here." Earlier in the day, it was learned that the people of this Florida town were chipped to track their movements, to help the pastor keep track of the people in his town, to keep things smooth. Spencer goes on.

Hotch informs everyone, "our analyst is searching for suspects outside of the community. With your help we'll be interviewing those residents without trackers. Thank you."

We spend the next day interviewing the residents of Glenpoint village and the surrounding residents. There is no one we interview that stands out to us as a possible unsub, barely any of them fitting I'll the profile. Penelope was able to find someone in the surrounding area who could possibly be our unsub but after Rossi interviewed him, we're back at square one, "Rossi hit a dead end with Ira Stein, the reverend said it himself-- the reason the crime rate is so low in Glenport Village is because the people there self-police." I inform the sheriff, Tara and Spencer after watching the interview.

"So someone there had to have seen the unsub." Spencer comments, knowing what I'm getting at.

"Well, wouldn't they come forward for the good of the community?" Sheriff asks.

"The residents are like us. They watch, they profile. The thing is, they didn't realize they saw him." Spencer elaborates.

The Sheriff then asks, "well, in that case, who's the most likely resident that did?"