'We usually ignore the little things that matter. The small details that can change a life. Those simple gestures. A simple smile of hope, a simple touch of support, a few words of strength. These small uplifting things can turn a life around.'
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"Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death." Coco Chanel.
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Laylah flicked through the images of Steven Jackson as she sat at the table, having been quiet for the last hour. She tapped her fingers in the same thrumming pattern, her mind working at a hundred miles an hour. She gasped when a sudden knock came at the door, her head snapping up to look at Hotch as he leant into the room.
'We're about to deliver the profile,' He informed her.
'Ok,' She nodded.
'Are you alright?'
'I think I might have an idea. But, let me play around with it a little more.'
'Alright.'
She stood and followed him out of the room, coming to stand in front of the entire station of officers; all of them watching on closely.
'The unknown subject we're looking for is a sadistic inquisitor, which means that he's aroused sexually and emotionally by causing pain in the service of eliciting information,' Hotch started.
'The unsub gets off on the fact that his victims put up resistance. It allows him to push the torture even further,' Tara added.
'We think he's a white male, in his thirties to early forties who's physically fit enough to subdue male victims,' Derek continued.
'He's goal-oriented, driven by rage, which makes him extremely brutal in his torture methods,' Rossi scanned the crowd.
'This unsub exerts power and control over his victims, making them feel completely helpless until they give him whatever it is he's looking for,' Laylah nodded.
'Based upon his systematic torture, it's possible the unsub is suffering from some sort of PTSD,' Tara explained.
'Given the sheer amount of work and effort he puts into torturing his victims, we think there's a deep-seated personal reason for what the unsub is doing,' Derek stated.
'It's possible he appears unassuming with limited social skills, which is why he chooses to hunt at night,' Rossi spoke again.
'He plays on his victim's good will and sympathy before he blitzes them and abducts them from their vehicles,' Hotch explained.
'Because of the escalating torture, we believe this unsub is becoming both increasingly desperate and volatile,' Tara added.
'This unsub is driven by a compulsion, a need-based desire. Because these men are surrogates, there's a good chance his victims will never be able to give the unsub what he ultimately wants,' Laylah scanned the room.
