Dorothea's POV
"This is Houston's fifth ward. It accounts for a large percent of the city's growing homicide rate, due to gang violence and a bustling narcotics trade. Although in the last forty-eight hours, there have been three distinctive murders in the ward." Mama tells everyone else while I was drawing in my sketchbook.
"Distinctive?" Derek asks.
"Three men, three different socioeconomic groups, all killed on the street with their necks snapped. There appears to be no other injury, and there's no apparent connection between the victims or motive... The ward's detectives are inundated with homicides. Gang violence is a big problem. Shootings, armed robberies, it's an everyday occurrence, but this type of street attack is new to them." Mama explained.
"Could it be gang related, maybe some new type of initiation rite?" Mommy asks.
"The gangs in the ward use guns. In fact, no known gangs exhibit this type of M.O." Mama replied.
"What about dope? These guys come up with pretty freaky ways ff killing the competition to get their message out." Derek says.
"Yeah, but there just doesn't seem to be any connection between the victims and the drug world." Mama says while looking at my drawings.
"Homeless man, a construction worker... Security guard." Jason says.
"Just three dead men and no witnesses." Mama says.
"We're looking for a homicidal serial criminal in a neighbourhood populated by criminals. The challenge will be separating him from the rest." Aaron says.
"We have no evidence, no apparent interaction between the unsub and the victims pre or postmortem, and an indistinguishable M.O. Should be simple." Spencer says.
"We got a construction worker... Outsider in the community. We got a security guard... That's an authority figure. And then we got a homeless man. That's a powerless victim that no one would notice missing. So who's he targeting?" Derek asks.
"Let's see if any of the victims frequented the same stores or sites." Aaron says.
"He used blitz attacks, which means he most likely lacks the interpersonal skills. He needed to coerce his victims into coming close and he also used the element of surprise, which means he may have stalked his victims prior to killing them." Spencer suggested to us.
"Well, if that's the case, I want to go to the last crime scene to see where he may have been hiding." Derek says.
"I want to see the neighbourhood for myself. Good. I'll go with you." Jason says.
"The rest of us will go to the precinct and set up shop." Aaron suggested to us.
"I'll map out the area and see if I can find any places the victims would have visited in the neighbourhood." Spencer says.
"Good. Maybe we can find a connection between them. I'll help you." Mommy says.
"Remember, this is a high-crime area. Be vigilant. Nobody goes anywhere alone." Aaron adds on.
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Emily's POV
"What's that?" Aaron asks JJ, who had a Tupperware full of cookies. Dorothea had on her noise cancelling headphones to block out the noise the construction was making.
"One of the detectives' wives made us cookies." JJ said, but also signed so Dorothea could understand that she could have a cookie.
"Wow. Homemade cookies?" Dorothea walks over to us and grabs two cookies before going to hand Spencer one.
"Yeah, I guess that's what they mean by southern hospitality." JJ says, using a southern accent at the end of the sentence.
"What are you saying?" Spencer asks us.
"Southern hospitality!"
"I need to concentrate... How can anybody hear with all this work going on?" Spencer asks.
"Well, you're going to have to get used to it. Construction crews are working around the clock." JJ tells Spencer, who sighs before getting back to work.
"City's trying to return to its splendour, and that means that Houston's poorest are being kicked out of their homes." JJ says.
"Unsub might be homeless. Appears to have been living in a building next to where the security guard was attacked." Jason tells us.
"These are the locations of the last three murders, all near abandoned buildings." Spencer says while showing us the map.
"I noticed the neighbourhood maybe he was recently displaced." Aaron suggests.
"Could be a motive: construction worker, security guard at a construction site. Payback?" Jason added on.
"What about the homeless man?" Derek asks, causing Detective Kent Fuller to look at us.
"We get a lot of beefs down there among the homeless. That one could have just been a fight about space or food." Detective Fuller says.
"Let's get a list of residents Who've been kicked out of their homes by the gentrification. You and Reid check the shelters?" Jason says, directing the last part of the sentence towards me.
"Yeah, we're on it."
"We should check to see if there are any mental hospitals in the area, maybe someone who was recently released into the streets." Aaron says, causing JJ to nod in response.
"Morgan, can you cover the police records for the last week? If it's someone who's been recently made homeless, he might have stolen food, comfort items, blankets, toiletries... We might be able to track a pattern of theft." Aaron asks Derek, who nods in response before everyone else leaves but Dorothea and I.
"Are you going to be okay, little one?"
"Yes Mommy." Dorothea responded with a smile.
"How about you continue on your drawing and I'll be back with lunch?" Dorothea nodded before continuing her drawing.
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How To Save A Life(Criminal Minds Fanfic)
Fanfiction"Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend. Somewhere along in the bitterness. And I would have stayed up with you all night. Had I known how to save a life."~Grey's Anatomy *Starts from Season 2 Episode 9-Onwards*
