Embers~Criminal Minds 2

Bully

On The Plane

Garcia: "Ok, sir, I'm ready."

Hotch: "All right. Can I have your attention, everyone. Go ahead, Garcia."

Garcia: "Alrighty, then. Last night in Kansas City, well, technically super early this morning-50-year-old David Morrison was beaten to death when he was out jogging. Information is on your tablets right now."

JJ: "It looks brutal."

Rossi: "Classic overkill."

Reid: "He was found stripped and wearing women's underwear that I'm assuming weren't his."

Garcia: "Yeah. All of his clothes were found nearby, his skivvies included."

Watson: "Any evidence of sexual assault?"

Garcia: "We're still waiting on the M.E. report."

Morgan: "Any other victims, Garcia?"

Garcia: "That is a big maybe. Meet Tommy Barnes and Melissa Hawthorne, also on your tablets."

Alex: "A year ago they disappeared from a house party and were found beaten in much the same fashion."

Reid: "But there were two of them and they're considerably younger than this most recent victim."

JJ: "Yeah, and what about the women's underwear? And that's a pretty specific ritual aspect. These two were found fully clothed."

Morgan: "Are we sure that it's the same unsub?"

Alex: "My dad thinks it is."

Watson: "Your dad's a captain on the Kansas City police force, right?"

Alex: "Retired."

JJ: "But your brother's a cop, too."

Alex: "Scott. He's a homicide detective, but my dad is the one who made the call."

Rossi: "If he's retired, it's not exactly an official invitation."

Hotch: "No, but he's got lots of influence."

JJ: "Well, maybe we should wait for the invite. We can't just force ourselves on local jurisdiction."

Morgan: "What if it's actually serial?"

JJ: "We'll go back if they ask us to."

Alex: "Look, my dad's a great cop, and he's almost never wrong. I mean, it drives me crazy, but it's true."

Hotch: "We don't know exactly what we've got here, but I think it's worth taking a look. Have the pilot reroute us to Kansas City."

Alex: "Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet." Vietnamese proverb."

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Reid: "David Morrison was a novelist, Tommy Barnes and Melissa Hawthorne high school students. No apparent connection between the victims, no matching DNA samples."

Hotch: "And an entire year between kills."

Reid: "You know, the underwear ritual may be about symbolic humiliation."

Hotch: "Or a shock factor for whoever found the bodies."

Reid: "Blake, did your dad say anything else about why he thinks these cases are connected?" they glance over at where she's looking out the window "Blake?"

Alex: "Yeah?"

Watson: "Everything all right?"

Alex: "Uh, yeah. Sorry. Just-I'm distracted."