To Solve

Chapter 9: Riding the Lightning

Parker sat next to JJ in the back seat of the car, Derek drove and Gideon sat in the passenger seat.

"Sarah Jean and Jacob Dawes butchered what, 12 girls?" said JJ.

"Thirteen, counting the girl that was just found. Hilary Dickson. Disappeared 15 years ago. Buried her under Sarah's mother's living room."

"You think that was their last victim?" asked Parker.

"Well, that's what we're here to find out."

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The rest of the team was in the second car.

"There's nothing about the dynamics of Sarah Jean and Jacob's relationship," Spencer noticed as he read through the file.

He sat next to Garcia, Elle sat in front of him and drove, and Hotch sat in the passenger seat.

"The state isn't interested in dynamics or profiles. They just want this case to go away," said Elle.

"They were caught. They confessed. They got the death penalty."

"You guys do realize that visiting death row is not part of my job description?" the technical analyst spoke up.

"Garcia, this will be the first serial killer couple ever recorded for ViCAP."

"They slaughtered 13 young girls with blonde hair. Hello?" said Garcia, pointing to her blonde hair.

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Gideon looked at the picture of Sarah Jean and Jacob. There they seemed like a normal married couple– happy and carefree.

"Sarah Jean Dawes."

"Media called her 'The Ice Queen'," JJ explained.

"That's how they interpreted her demeanor during the trial."

"You see different?" asked Derek.

"No, I didn't say that."

"She killed her two-year-old son and 12 teenage girls," JJ summarized.

"She only confessed to the murder of her son, Riley," Gideon replied.

Parker looked out the window and grimaced slightly. They couldn't understand which mother could–

Of course, the young agent knew that in certain situations people were capable of doing things they would otherwise never do.

"Well, she hasn't cooperated with any requests to interview her," JJ interrupted her thought.

"Well, if she doesn't talk now, she's going to take that story with her to 'Old Sparky'."

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A crowd was gathered in front of the prison. On the one hand, people who were happy that Sarah Jean and Jacob only had a few days left, on the other hand, young women with blonde hair, some of which was dyed blonde, and in between, the press.

"Here it is."

"They call themselves the Women of Jacob. Try to look like his victims," explained Gideon, meaning the young women.

"Creepy," JJ and Parker muttered at the same time.

"There's only 12 of them," said Derek. "Should we tell them they're one short?"

"At least I think we'll find Hilary Dickson was by no means Jacob's last victim."

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"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." Genesis 9:6.