Come Downstairs and Say Hello; S.R.

Case 3 Part 1

"'Who in his mind has not probed the black water?'" Reid recited off of the board in the meeting room the second they walked in, "John Steinbeck, "East of Eden."' He said.

"Story Of good and evil, love and hate." Gideon said.

"Theres been some new activity on the Keystone Killer Case." Max Ryan said. Jo raised an eyebrow.

"'New'?" Elle asked for her, and Max nodded.

"He was at Max's lecture last night." Gideon explained.

"What?" Morgan asked, "He got away?" Max turned to him.

"Would we have woken you up if we caught him?" Gideon gestured to the note on the board.

"He handed the security guard this letter." He said.

"And he included two driver's licenses with it." Max added, pressing a button on the remote that broadcasted the two licenses.

"One is from his last victim."-

"Last known victim." Max quickly corrected Gideon.

"Amy Jennings." Gideon said, "Strangled in 1987." Reid began to mumble to himself from next to Jo, and she leaned to look over his shoulder, seeing him quickly solve the word search on the letter.

"What does it say?" She asked her genius friend.

"'Black Bra.'" He read, "Does that have any significance? What about Gray Wool Socks?"

"That's What Amy Jennings was wearing when we found her." Said Max.

"That's a lot of detail to remember for 20 years." Morgan said.

"He's right, the Green River Killer couldn't even remember where the bodies were buried." Jo recalled, "and definitely not what they were wearing." She added.

"Some unsubs take pictures and print them all so they can bring the scene to life, manipulate it." Hotch said, "that would explain the detail." Jo continued to look over Reid's shoulder, looking at Max when she found something.

"Does "no fight" have anything to do with the Jennings case?" She asked.

"Yeah, and what about "Rear Window"?" Reid added. Max shook his head.

"No. He entered in through the front door, and there's lots of evidence that Amy fought him very hard."

"So he's referring to a new victim?" Asked Jo.

"Yes." Max replied.

"The second drivers license." Elle observed.

"Carla Bromwell." Said Gideon.

"There's a "C Bromwell" in the puzzle." Said Reid.

"The Philly PD went to the address on the license not to long ago. She was suffocated with a plastic bag." Jo wrinkled her nose in confusion.

"That's a different MO." She said.

"Yeah, his previous victims were strangled." Morgan backed up her claim.

"He hasn't been killing all along, has he?" Elle asked.

"It would've been hard to tie these new killings to the Keystone Killer with the change in methodology and the time elapsed between kills." Hotch said.

"If he'd been active, I would have known." Max said confidently. Making Jo raise her eyebrows in a sort of "alright then" expression.

"It's not entirely impossible for an unsub to switch his MO, the Zodiac Killer went from stabbing people to shooting them." Reid said.

"Yes, but he wanted to take the credit." Max explained, "This bastard didn't do anything in secret." JJ walked in, and Jo sent a friendly smile her way when she handed her a hot chocolate.

"I'd say good morning, but it's still dark outside." She said, placing a photo of a woman suffocated in a bag onto the desk.

"It's Carla Bromwell." Jo realized.

"Can you put on the news, Gideon?" JJ asked.

"The Philadelphia Police were notified late last night of a letter that was hand-delivered to this news station." The caster said. "Apparently it was written by the infamous Keystone Killer, who's wanted in connection with the murders of 7 women back in the late 1980s. He also included a photograph of a woman. She appears to be dead in the photo, suffocated with a plastic bag." Jo snuck a look at the photo JJ had brought in. "Now subsequently, police discovered a body in the overbrook area, but they are not confirming that it's the woman in this picture." Hotch turned off the tv.

"He works fast."

"That's an understatement, huh?" Gideon said quietly, Max nodding.

"Meet you on the plane in 30 minutes." Hotch instructed. Jo pulled Reid to the side.

"How strange is this? A killer resurfacing with a totally new MO?! How often does this happen?" She asked him.

"Well a resurfacing Killer isn't all that rare, but a change of MO is." Reid explained. Jo sighed. Reid scrunched up his eyebrows, "why is your hair wet?" He asked, and Jo laughed sheepishly.

"I like to swim whenever I can." Jo explained, and Reid smiled.

"Cool." He said awkwardly. Jo put her arm around his.

"Come on, I wanna get to the couch before anyone else." She joked, pulling her best friend onto the jet.