Chapter 23 - Scared to Death

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"Gideon left everything, except the photographs." Garcia sighed, holding a box outside of Gideon's office.

"Garcia, darling, is there a box under his desk?" Elijah asked.

"There is." Garcia nodded, grabbing another box.

"Good, can I have it?"

Garcia nodded as she handed down the box.

"He always said the photographs were like his family." Reid muttered, staring down at the letters.

"What should we do with all this?" Garcia asked.

"I don't even remember him taking this from me." Elijah rummaged through the box he had.

"Is that my gameboy?" Fleur gasped.

"Oh my god, it is." Elijah took it out,"And the headband Garcia got for my birthday."

Fleur took her console, putting it in her drawer while JJ walked over.

"Guys." JJ nodded to the Conference Room.

"Lovely." Elijah sighed, putting on the pink headband as he walked to the room.

"Okay, we have four victims in Oregon. Two male, two female.." JJ began handing out files once everyone was sat down.

"I've got this." Hotch stepped forward.

"Sure." JJ nodded.

"I know we've all been wondering what this is all about. And, you know I've known Jason for many years and I can tell you, I have no idea. But it doesn't even matter. What matters is we're here and we're gonna continue." Hotch began," mPortland field office uncovered a mass grave with three bodies killed six months ago. Nearby, they found another body. Causes of death range from burning alive to asphyxiation. No sexual assault."

"Well, the torture is clearly sadistic." Morgan shrugged.

"But the lack of a sexual preference is going to make it hard to tell whether the Unsub is male or female." Reid nodded.

"Typically female serial killers stick to the same MO. It looks like this guy is all over the place." Fleur nodded.

"The most recent victim is Jenny Wittman, asphyxiated, discovered yesterday." Hotch told them.

"How long was she missing?" Reid asked.

"She was never reported missing." Hotch shook his head.

"What about the others?" Elijah raised a brow.

"Only one." Hotch answered.

"One of four?"

"Rick Holland was reported missing nine months ago, but the search was called off." JJ showed a picture of the man.

"The family discovered his car at the train station but more importantly, they received at the train station but more importantly, they received e-mails from him saying that he needed time to think things out." Hotch explained.

"And his family bought that?" Morgan blinked.

"I guess the alternative is too hard to accept." Hotch sighed.

"Reaching out could be a sign of remorse." Reid shrugged.

"Psychopaths don't apologize for their behavior, this guy's covering his tracks." Hotch shook his head.

"Well, it's working." Elijah flicked through the file.

"So there's three victims he buried in one grave and then only Jenny Wittman in the other." Emily pointed.

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