Criminal Minds2005

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
Victim one, Travis Bartlett, was last seen at a gay bar. He was shot at night in a park. Victim two, Lily Nicks, a thirty-four year old prostitute, her throat was slashed. Victims three and four, June Appleby and Troy Wertsler, were shot in their car at a parking lot outside of a movie theater. And victim five was a twenty-eight year old single woman, Kayla James, killed in her home. She was bound, suffocated with a bag over her head, evidence of rape.

Emily Prentiss:
And then the sixth victim was Zoe.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Victimology, weapons used, and C.O.D. are all different. I mean, it's hard to imagine it's even the same unsub.

David Rossi:
It can't be a coincidence that Zoe goes to Kayla James' house and gets murdered.

Aaron Hotchner:
All right, let's say it is the same killer. Does anybody see a pattern?

Emily Prentiss:
Well, maybe. Okay, in the first crime, he shoots the victim. The second crime, he rapes a woman and slashes her throat; that's more personal. And the third crime, he escalates to killing two people, and the fourth, he escalates even more by raping a woman, binding her, and suffocating her.

Aaron Hotchner:
So if it is the same unsub, you could argue that there's a progression of violence with every kill.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
It could be an anger excitation offender getting more daring with each crime.

Derek Morgan:
I think I got something here. Look at this. The slashes in the prostitute's throat, they're all shallow, unsure cuts. The Kayla James crime scene, telephone cord, rope, and duct tape were used. It's like he couldn't decide how to bind her.

Aaron Hotchner:
So without a gun, he's sloppy, inexperienced.

Derek Morgan:
The young couple shot in the car... that crime scene remind you of anything?

Dr. Spencer Reid:
Yeah, they were shot with a .44 Bulldog, just like the Son of Sam used on his victims, which were also young couples in parked cars. It might be nothing, but you're right, there is a parallel there.

Emily Prentiss:
With the second victim, it's hard not to think of Jack the Ripper. The obvious similarity being it's a prostitute whose throat was slashed.

Aaron Hotchner:
Kayla James was bound, tortured, raped, with a plastic bag over her head, like BTK.

Derek Morgan:
What about victim number one?

David Rossi:
Garcia, what neighborhood was he found in?

Penelope Garcia:
At a park in the Kingsbury Run area.

David Rossi:
Zoe reminded me last night that Cleveland's most famous serial killer was the Butcher of Kingsbury Run. He found his victims in gay bars, shot them, and dumped their body there. Travis Bartlett was last seen at a gay bar, and his body was found in Kingsbury Park.

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau:
So these are copycats of famous serial killers?

David Rossi:
He's a serial killer studying serial killers.

Aaron Hotchner:
See you in Cleveland, Dave.