Criminal Minds2005

Emily Prentiss:
According to the intake report, Catherine was an aspiring actress who went off her psychiatric medications when she was pregnant with her daughter. She had a minor part in *The Merry Wives of Windsor* 16 years ago when she became floridly psychotic. She was convinced the other actresses were the Devil's wives, so she stabbed one of them.

Detective Gassner:
Is that when she was admitted here?

Emily Prentiss:
No, not yet. It seems she had a son and a daughter. After fleeing the theater, she chopped off the left arm of her infant daughter.

Jennifer Jareau:
Why would she do that?

Emily Prentiss:
To make the child less appealing to the Devil. She believed that killing the Devil's wives was her mission on Earth, which is what our UnSub is doing now.