"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*
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JJ's POV
"The Halbert family. They were murdered in their home last night in the Denver suburb of Cherry Creek. It's the third home invasion like this in the last month."
"They kill everyone." Hotch says. Dorothea was at home with Elle who was watching her today because we have this case. Dorothea also has an appointment with Mary so it was just easier for her to go to the house.
"Parents, kids, pets if they have them. Always families, nice neighbourhoods."
"What do they take?" Derek asks.
"Nothing they can't fit in their pockets... Cash, jewelry."
"Hundreds of ways to get cash and jewels without killing entire families." Hotch says and I hummed in agreement.
"That's why home invasions are so hard to profile... Multiple motives." Emily says.
"National statistics show an uptick in home invasions over the last few years, 18% in Colorado." Spencer says.
"You know it's bad if they're inviting us back." Hotch says, causing me to raise an eyebrow at him.
"Back?"
"Well, things went bad after the JonBenét Ramsey case when a couple of agents publicly criticized local detectives." Hotch explains.
"Well, they didn't need us to make them look bad." Derek says.
"And that was in Boulder."
"Yeah, but the statewide media ran with it, and it took on a life of its own." Hotch tells us.
"Well, I talked to a Lieutenant Tom Nellis. Trust me. They want our help."
"They need it. The first two invasions were twenty days apart. This last one was just nine days later." Emily says.
"So they're killing in faster cycles, acquiring a taste. And getting better at it every time." Hotch says.
"Home invasions typically involve the elderly and single females. The fact that entire families are being targeted suggests multiple unsubs." Spencer says.
"Could mean gang-related, revenge motive, personal business." Derek says.
"I don't think any of these victims are running in gang circles."
"Sewing circles, more like it. PTA Moms, grey-flannel dads... These guys are killing the cleavers." Emily says.
"Strange." Spencer says.
"The pattern?" Hotch asks Spencer.
"No, the cleavers. Of all the names for a 1950s idyllic TV family, I mean, it's rife with violent implication. Kind of makes you wonder how the writers really felt about suburbia, huh?" Spencer says.
