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Heather rushed over alongside Morgan and Emily, her heels clicking on the floor. "Hotch, there's something you need to see." Emily says, Heather nodding in agreement.
They began presenting their information to the team, Heather sat on the table near Spencer as she looked at the slides.
"This is the second crime scene. The unsub took the Hartways to lovers lane. Then he turned the heat up in the vehicle and tuned the radio to a soul music station." Emily says as she switches to the first crime scene.
"This is the first crime scene. Al Green was in the CD player, candles had been lit." Morgan says simply.
"He's staging the scene." Hotch realizes, Heather nodding. "Control is critical to him. We know this. But to a different end than we initially thought." Emily says.
"These murders are about the fantasy, only the fantasy isn't sadistic, it's romantic." Heather says, Spencer turning to her with a brow raised.
"Well, we profiled from the interviews that he's picking the husbands first. How's that romantic?" Spencer questions, Heather not hesitating to answer.
"Alpha males marry the most attractive females. Once he meets the husband, he knows the wife is gonna fit his needs." Heather says, Spencer nodding with a small smile on his face.
"We know this unsub is impotent, but what we're seeing here isn't the usual psychological block keeping him from getting aroused. This is physiological." Morgan continues.
"How can you be sure of that?" Rossi questions. "He brings Viagra to the crime scenes. If he wanted, he could pop a pill, let the drug take effect. Instead, he gives it to the husbands. Why?" Emily questions.
"It's not working for him anymore." Rossi answers. "Something definitely happened to this guy. Prostate cancer, surgery, something." Morgan states.
"But whatever it was, it cut him off from fulfilling his needs, so he's using the couples as surrogates." Heather states as she crosses her arms.
"So why does he make the husband wear a condom?" Hotch questions. "Well, we don't know that connection yet." Morgan answers.
"He's going to kill the husbands anyway. He can't perform on the wives. The condoms are redundant." Spencer speaks up, looking at the group.
"If the theory's right, he's acting out a fantasy in which contraception plays a key role. Until we understand what the role is, we're not gonna find him." Hotch says, Heather sighed softly.
That night Heather stayed in the small office, thinking over the crime scene as she sifted through the photos.
"Hey." Spencer says as he walks in, seeing the tired woman look up. "Hey Spence." Heather says as the man sits next to her.
