Criminal Minds2005

Aaron Hotchner:
All right; let's get started.

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
Oh. [Realizes the cases are not hers and proudly hands the information over to a thankful Garcia]

Penelope Garcia:
Alright, Mes Amis. [stands to present] You are jetting to Durant, Oklahoma, because, in the last three days, two women have been found dead after being sexually tortured and then blinded with a sulfuric acid solution. Abby Elcott is our first victim; 19-year-old art student; she was heading to campus for an advanced drawing class. She'd been missing for two days. Same goes for our second victim, Beth Westerly, 17. [draws a breath] She had just finished her coffee shop shift and was on her way to a bar method class.

Emily Prentiss:
Both low-risk victims.

Derek Morgan:
And physically similar.

David Rossi:
How close are the two abduction sites?

Penelope Garcia:
[looking down at information] 5 miles apart at bus stops. Abby's cell was found near one. Beth's scarf near the other. [map illustrates her words]

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Where're the dump sites?

Penelope Garcia:
One in an alley, the other in a field.

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
So he stapled their eyes open, then he blinded them. [Spencer's reaction to JJ is seen and she notices it]

Derek Morgan:
It's about power and control; maybe he didn't want them to watch while he hurt 'em.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Or it could be about shame; perhaps the unsub is disfigured himself. Blinding the victims leaves them helpless, lost, totally dependent; it may be a manifestation of how he sees himself in this world.

Emily Prentiss:
It is a form of enucleation, just without the scalpel.

David Rossi:
His face is the last they see before darkness.

Aaron Hotchner:
Garcia, come up with a list of jobs that would give the unsub access to sulfuric acid. The rest of us, wheels up in 30 minutes. [arises from seat]