Stockholm Syndrome
"Over the past two years he's kidnapped, tortured, then murdered over twenty five women, all young, all petite, all blond. He leaves them beside dumpsters wrapped up in a sheets." Hotch said as he put picture up on the board of the victims.
"Based on the way he placed them, wrapped in a sheet, fully clothed, hair immaculate, almost suggests remorse, but the postmortem wounds don't support that." Reid said as he looked through the file.
"So he continued to beat them after they died, that suggests a lot of anger. But the way he kidnaps them, beats them to death, dumps them a week later but then waits two weeks til he kidnaps another one. He seems to have enough control to wait to get them, but then he can't control himself when he does." Morgan added as he looked at the time line. "And he also placed them besides dumpsters, meaning he thinks they're trash and disposable."
"There's no sign of sexual abuse so he might be taking them because they remind him of his mother or another female family member that was abused in front of him that he's now trying to recreate, or a maybe they abused him and this is his way of getting back at them." Emily said as she looked at the board.
"Well they're waiting for us in Phillipsburg West Virginia." JJ said as she put a new picture up on the board. It was of a young woman, blond and smiling. "Megan Deet. Missing since Monday. And since it's Wednesday that means we only have about two days to save her."
"Everybody get their go bags, hopefully we'll find him before it's too late." Hotch said as they got up to leave.
In a basement in Phillipsburg.....
A young blond woman screamed as a switch landed down on her back, hard and fast enough to cut the skin in a thin cut. Megan Deet sat in a corner of the room, crying as she watched the young woman writhe in pain a the tall blond haired man whipped her. He stopped as the young woman started coughing and gasping.
"Alright, you're done for the night, her turn." He said as he started untying her wrists.
"No! Daniel please! I'm fine, don't hurt her please!" She begged before he started dragging her away from the heating pipe and tied her to the stairs.
"Shut up Lizzy." He said as he untied Megan and dragged her to the heater. He tied her up and started whipping her over her clothes, just like he did with Lizzy. The switch was already starting to cut into her shirt and skin. Lizzy sobbed and coughed hoarsely as the girl screamed. She silently prayed for something to change, but she didn't know how, she had depended on him for everything, she knew no other way.
