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CHAPTER THIRTY: HOW DOES IT END? ( original )
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"WE'RE LOOKING FOR A white male in his late thirties to early forties," said Dallis, taking the lead for the profile. "This man is targeting dark-haired, green-eyed females in their early thirties. So far, he's killed six women and abducted a seventh, starting with prostitutes and eventually evolving to middle-class suburban housewives. We believe these women are a surrogate for someone in his own life who has wronged him. A wife, a parent, maybe a woman who's rejected him that he feels needs to be brought to justice."
"When he abducts these women, he keeps them for no longer than forty-eight hours," continued Hotch, reminding them of Amy Collins. Each minute they spent discussing her potential killer was a precious second taken away from her life.
"We believe this is out of necessity rather than paranoia or fear," Rossi interjected. When Geddes cleared his throat and instinctively opened his mouth to argue, Rossi merely looked him up and down. "He uses chloroform to subdue his victims in secluded locations, then ties them up to keep them from fighting back when they come to. Drives his car right up to the scene of the crime, digs a shallow grave no deeper than three or four feet."
"Now, this might profile as a killer wanting to be caught," said Morgan. "But we have reason to believe this male might be physically incapacitated in some way. He doesn't have the strength to lift the bodies or to dig deep enough into hard soil, so he keeps the victims for short periods of time and dumps them in easy to access locations."
Emily cleared her throat, stepping forward. "But make no mistake, this unsub's physical disabilities don't hinder his intellectual capabilities. When he cuts open these women, he uses a scalpel to make precise incisions from the breastbone to pelvis. He has, at the very least, a basic background in medicine that encourages his interest in the human body."
"These interests are what drive him to torture and demean the victims," Dallis stated, folding her hands together on her lap. "There seems to be no sexual element beyond the stabbing of the genitals, but the lack of care in these cuts compared to the ones across the torso indicate a man fuelled by rage. He won't surrender without a fight."
"We should be looking into organ donation," Geddes insisted, making Dallis sigh and Rossi roll his eyes before turning his back.
Hotch had already warned them privately that Geddes had very specific opinions on this case. He'd successfully managed to distress Amy Collins' husband into believing she was already dead, leaving Todd to make a poor attempt at consoling the man as Hotch dragged Geddes aside for a scolding. Too proud to admit he was wrong, he threw himself into the first theory he could think of which was the 'most logical.' Ever since, he'd opposed any other suggestions from the team.
Dallis would've gone as far as to suspect him but if he had Amy Collins he wouldn't be sitting in his precinct from morning to night trying to find her. Unfortunately, Victor Geddes was just a grade-A asshole.
