Caged~ Criminal Minds

Conflicted

JJ: "Daniel Keller, 21, a junior at Benjamin Franklin university. He was killed last night while spring breaking in South Padre island. C.O.D. asphyxiation. He was the second victim to be murdered there in the past 3 nights. The first was William Browder, also on spring break, C.O.D. asphyxiation. They were both sexually assaulted prior to death."

Emily: "Men being raped and murdered on spring break? Well, that's a twist."

Hotch: "So far the deaths have been localized to one hotel."

JJ: "The Hudson Street hotel. Initially, the hotel was filled to capacity but lost 20% occupancy overnight."

Morgan: "We should get a list of everyone who works there. There's a good chance one of them is the unsub, at the very least has interacted with him."

JJ: "Yeah, Garcia's already on that. Both victims were discovered by hotel staff, the last after online checkout indicated the room had been vacated."

Watson: "So he wanted the bodies discovered, and sooner rather than later."

Reid: "Look at the way they're posed-naked, cowering in the fetal position."

Rossi: "He's sending a message. Something about this is important to him. We just need to figure out what."

Hotch: "And we need to do it soon. The police suspect the unsub could be another vacationing student, though I'm not willing to rule out local involvement."

Rossi: "Makes sense. If the killer is a student, they could be halfway across the country by the time we're onto them."

Emily: "If he's a local, we could lose him as soon as his victim pool dries up."

Hotch: "Either way, we're almost out of time. South Padre spring break season ends this weekend."

Reid: "Light thinks it travels faster than anything. But it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always gotten there first and is waiting for it." Terry Pratchett."

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On The Plane

JJ: "National media has picked up on the story. We're gonna have to make a statement when we land."

Hotch: "We want to make people aware without obviously causing panic."

JJ: "Stress hypervigilance, the whole buddy system, yeah, I'm all over it. I just don't think anyone's gonna listen."

Reid: "What do you mean?"

JJ: "Come on. Drunk college students don't exactly want to hear they shouldn't talk to strangers."

Reid: "Right." he nods before going to sit next to Morgan and Watson

Emily: "Was there any DNA left on the scene?"

Garcia: "Uh, yeah. Too much DNA. This portion of the Garcia show will be brought to you by the letter "I" for icky. The lab has recovered over 100 different trace samples, as multiple guests create a cesspool of DNA. Also, there is no way to determine the exact time of "secretion" or to eliminate anyone actually working at the hotel."

Morgan: "Were you able to find any connection between the first two victims?"

Garcia: "No. They grew up in different states. They went to colleges on opposite coasts. I did the whole cross-reference credit card thing, couldn't make it connect."

Rossi: "So the hotel's the only common denominator."

Garcia: "Yeah. And it should be noted that the first victim, William Browder, wasn't exactly a registered guest."