Criminal Minds (TV Series)

In the Blood (2013)

Joe Mantegna: David Rossi

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• Alex Blake : Fingernail polish was removed... crudely!

  Linda Grunwell, M.E. : A mixture of citrus juice and vinegar. And when that didn't do the trick the polish was roughly scraped off with a sharp object

  David Rossi : Not how I remembered my ex-wives removing their polish

  Alex Blake : Well, this was done to her, not by her

• Dr. Spencer Reid : The pattern in the branding mark has design characteristics similar to family crests from the late middle ages. I found this encyclopedia of heraldry and look.

  Aaron Hotchner : It's the seal of William Stoughton, a magistrate.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Check when and where he's a magistrate.

  David Rossi : Salem, Massachusetts, 1692.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Stoughton was the lead prosecutor in the Salem witch trials.

  Aaron Hotchner : So this UnSub believes he's hunting witches.

• Jennifer Jareau : So, I looked it up. No witches were ever burned at the stake in Salem.

  David Rossi : Really?

  Jennifer Jareau : Death by fire was strictly a European thing.

  David Rossi : Moral of the story, be selective where you practice your witchcraft.

• Aaron Hotchner : We're looking for a physically fit male from his late twenties to mid-thirties.He's brazen, confident, and organized.

  Derek Morgan : This person may be a moral vigilante. Abby Stafford had drug issues, Gloria Carlyle moved in with her boyfriend, Parker Mills was a sexual deviant.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Moral vigilantism typically has its roots in repression and guilt. This generally manifests itself in low self-esteem and self-loathing. By punishing others, the unsub may also be punishing himself.

  Aaron Hotchner : He's also literally branding his victims. We're not sure why, but he's likely marking them as his own.

  Alex Blake : His organizational skills suggest someone who can get and keep a full-time job.

  David Rossi : But the work is likely low-level. His impaired social development would not allow him to move very far in the professional world.

  Jennifer Jareau : Consequently, this is someone most comfortable working in solitude, having minimal interaction with others.

  Derek Morgan : And this makes it a challenge to determine how and where this person is choosing his victims.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : The two female victims were reserved and studious; Parker Mills lived quietly in the margins of conventional society.

  Jennifer Jareau : So the killer may frequent or work in locations that attracts this type of person. Uh, places of solitude, contemplation.

  Alex Blake : Museums, gardens and parks, bookstores.

  David Rossi : His choice of a city square, rather than a remote canyon, means he's gaining confidence.

  Derek Morgan : But the recklessness of killing in such a public space suggests that this confidence may be stemming from a delusion.

  Jennifer Jareau : He may believe he's in a place in time that makes him invulnerable.

  Aaron Hotchner : And if his delusion is gaining in strength, then his next killing may be riskier and more dramatic. Thank you.

• [last lines] 

  David Rossi : Well, I guess this is proof positive that ancestry ain't all bad.

  Penelope Garcia : How about a toast to the 30 or 40 of us?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Cheers!

  Derek Morgan : Cheers!

  Jennifer Jareau : Cheers!

  David Rossi : Salute!

• Linda Grunwell, M.E. : I've seen some bad ones in my fifteen years, but this was... bad.

  Alex Blake : What was the C.O.D.?

  Linda Grunwell, M.E. : It's hard to pinpoint. Virtually every bone in her body was crushed, and every major organ ruptured. My guess is skull fracture, but honestly, any one of these internal injuries might have killed her.

  David Rossi : What about the lacerations? Could they have been defensive wounds?

  Linda Grunwell, M.E. : No, they were in a distinct pattern. Quite deep, and severe, on the radius and ulna, but carefully placed so as not to cause death.

  Alex Blake : There would be substantial bleeding from a wound like that.

  Linda Grunwell, M.E. : Absolutely.

  David Rossi : Yet there was minimal blood at the crime scene.

  Alex Blake : The victim suffered the lacerations and burnings somewhere else, then was taken to the canyon to be killed.

  David Rossi : But why not make it one-stop shopping? Transporting her alive, even a short distance, would increase the risk significantly.

  Linda Grunwell, M.E. : The tox report did show traces of chloropromizine in her system.

  Alex Blake : A tranquilizer. That was what he used to control her.