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Spencer Reid let out a loud yawn as the elevator slowly brought him and Agent Derek Morgan up to the BAU's floor at the Quantico FBI headquarters. Morgan laughed. "I hear you, kid. No one should have to go into work this early in the morning." Reid glanced at his watch. 5 AM.
"It's not that early. We've done worse." Still, Reid made a mental note to get his cup of coffee and half a cup of sugar before he went into the conference room to hear the case.
Hotch looked up as Reid and Morgan walked in. The rest of the team was already there, and Penelope Garcia was handing out the case files. "Let's get started." He said.
"Okay," Garcia started the Powerpoint presentation, "This is the Robins family. They were found murdered in their own home in Woodinville, Washington yesterday. The father, Michael, was shot twice in the head, the rest of the family was stabbed."
Morgan looked at the pictures of the murdered family, and flinched a little at the pictures of the small boy and girl lying dead in their bedrooms. "Was anything taken from the home?" he asked.
"No, that's what's so weird." Garcia switched to the next slide. "Three weeks ago the Staron family was found dead in the same way. Father shot twice in the head, the rest of the family stabbed. One boy, one girl."
"So he's sticking to the same MO." Morgan observed.
"And the same type." Rossi chimed in. "Both middle class, white families with two children. Were there any witnesses or any neighbors that may have heard something?"
Garcia shook her head. "No one heard a thing. Woodinville PD interviewed the neighbors of both families and not only did no one hear or see anything, but the general consensus in both neighborhoods were that the families were very well liked. Staron family was active in their local church, the Robins parents both volunteered at their children's school during their free time. No criminal history in either family."
Agent Emily Prentiss shook her head. How could anyone do this to two families that never hurt anyone? "Maybe the unsub is jealous of these families. Maybe he lost a family of his own and he is taking his rage out on anyone that resembles his old life."
"Well, we need to get over there soon." Hotch said seriously. "The kills were three weeks apart but the Woodinville PD has reason to believe the next victims will be selected and killed very soon."
J.J. looked up. "What makes them so sure?"
Hotch looked at his team with concerned eyes. "They received a tape. Wheels up in thirty. It's a long flight."
Agent Reid walked with his team into the police department in Woodinville, Washington. He was curious what was on the tape, Hotch didn't have many details.
"You must be the FBI. Detective Miller. Glad to have you here." Robert Miller stuck out his hand and shook the Agent's hands.
"Thank you Detective. I'm Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner, this is Agent Jareau, Agent Morgan, Dr. Reid, and Agents Rossi and Prentiss. Do you have a place we can set up? We'd like to listen to that tape you received."
"Of course, right this way. I have to say, I'm glad you're here. I've worked my fair share of homicides over the years, but this….this is something I've never seen before." The team stood around a conference table as Detective Miller got out the tape player.
Reid looked at the player. "It's a cassette? Interesting. Why wouldn't he send a CD or something a little more high tech?"
"No idea Dr. Reid. But maybe you can make more sense out of this than I can." Detective Miller pressed the play button.
"Hello, my friends." A chill ran down Reid's spine as he listened to the unsub greet them so casually. "I saw you contaminating the homes of my friends I laid to rest, and I must say, it was a little unsettling. But, I understand you have a job to do. Just be warned: I cannot be caught. In fact, I already have some new friends that nobody's even looking for." A child's cries could be heard in the background. Reid couldn't determine if it was a boy or a girl crying. "Here's the deal, my friends. You stop looking for me and stop contaminating my friend's homes, they live. Anything else, and they die. Your call." The tape clicked off. Agent Hotchner looked concerned.
"He's taken another family?" Detective Miller lifted his eyes to meet Hotch's.
"Sounds like it. The problem is, we have no reports of a missing family anywhere in the city. We have no idea who he took."
"Alright, Reid, you and I will check out the latest crime scene. Morgan, you and Prentiss go to the Staron's family home. Rossi, you stay here with J.J. and try to make some sense of that tape. And get Garcia to check on missing persons. We don't have much time."
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