The BAU team filed into the room and took their seats.
JJ pulled three photos up in front of them. " Three young girls all between the ages of six and eight have gone missing and been found dead within the last three weeks in Boise, Idaho."
She moved off to a photo of the first child. "The first victim Brooklyn Carter was found five days after she was reported missing. She was 7 years old and taken when she was walking home from school. She has sign of rape and was strangled by what seems like a blanket which was left laying over her in the bushes at the south park. She was found face down and seemed to be beaten"
"Remorse?" asked Morgan
"Possibly" responded Rossi
"But if he felt remorse would he have beat her?"
"Reid is right. This probably isn't an act of remorse." concluded Hotch
JJ switched to the next photo. "The next victim Jessica Davis was 6 and also found five days after going missing. She had been raped and strangled by what seemed to be a nylon stocking, also left with the body, in the woods near a creek. She to had been beaten."
"Sick bastard."
"We know Morgan. That's why we do this job to stop people like this."
"You're right Hotch."
JJ changed to the final photo. "Now this is the girl we got the most information out of. Kristina Leramie was 8 years old. She was strangled by a thin piece or metal wire, also raped and beaten. There were traces of wood and blood under her fingernails. She was found behind a dumpster in a secluded alley across town yesterday. That's why they decided to call us in."
"Child serial killer." said Prentiss
"Most likely. Also the rape is a sign of release it shows something they obviously have an obsession with." added Reid
"Okay everyone get your bags we will head out in 30 minutes. Considering the last victim was found yesterday the unsub probably has another one already. We have less than 5 days to find them." stated Hotch in his usual stern tone.
The team arrived in Boise, Idaho around noon.
"I'm Agent Hotchner. These are Agents Morgan, Rossi, Prentiss, Jareau, and Dr. Reid."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Officer Gordon Chief of Police in Boise. We cleared a space for you in the back. Follow me."
The room was not small, but it wasn't very big either. It had grey walls and a tile floor and it reminded Reid of a jail cell.
"Reid I want you to stay in here and work on the geographic profile. Morgan, you and Prentiss go interview the families and see what you cam find out. JJ work on setting up a press conference. Me and Rossi will work on the unsub's profile."
A few hours later
Morgan ended his call and announced that another girl had just been reported missing. Lindsay Anderson, a 5 year old.
"Okay I need everyones attention." Hotch announced. "As you all probably know another girl has gone missing, but from what we already have we were able to provide a basic profile of the unsub."
"What the hell is an unsub?"
"Unsub stands for Unknown Subject."
All eyes and ears were on the BAU. Every officer was ready and prepared to help find whoever this guy was.
Hotch started out the profile. "The unsub is a white male somewhere around his late thirties to early forties. Judging by the severity of the beatings and the fact he only kills by strangling means he most likely has some sort of issue in his past reflecting around someone close to him being abused, raped, and probably strangled to death."
"He is good at fitting in, or looking as normal as possible. He is confident, and probably a little cocky, but not large in size. This is why we believe it is so easy for him to hide the victims in such different places. He obviously gets around easily." stated Reid.
Prentiss finished off the profile by adding "We suspect he is around 5'9 or a little taller, but skinny and non muscular comparative to most males his height."
Everyone got back to work, hopefully to find Lindsay before it was too late.
Soon it was time to turn in for the night. Maybe they would have more lucke tomorrow.
The next day
They still hadn't had much information, but Morgan had called Garcia earlier to see if she could get anything.
Finally Morgan's phone rang. "What do you got for me mama."
"Well my Chocolate Adonis I have checked out all guys matching the profile around the areas of the kids that went missing and I have three guys." stated Garcia.
"Okay Baby Girl tell me who ya have."
"I have Charles Gibson, Jerrod Hymes, and Alexander Matthews. I'm sending you the addresses now."
"Got them. Thanks Garcia you're amazing."
"Tell me about it."
"Hotch, Garcia has three guys. She just sent me the addresses."
"Okay, Morgan and Rossi take the first suspect. Prentiss and Reid take the second. JJ and I will take the last. Call if we find anything."
The team split up. Prentiss and Reid's destination was the farthest away from the police station in a partly secluded area. The house was old, dirty, and looked like it had been abandoned years ago.
"Reid we need to split up. One of us can go around back and the other stay in front, whoever finds a way in first get the other."
"I'll go around back Prentiss, you stay in the front."
With that they split up. It was only 6:30 but it was pretty dark considering the area was in a small patch of woods.
Reid walked around back with his gun pointed toward the ground. He approached the back porch and tried to look in the window, but it was dirty and dark and he couldn't see anything but his own reflection, and that was barely visible.
He came up to the door and readied himself for what he might see if he gained entry to the house.
Just as he was about to enter he felt something cold against his rib cage. Then he heard a deep, barely audible voice. "Move or make a sound and you're dead!"
Unsure of what to do Reid attempted to escape and turn his gun on the mysterious man, but next thing he knew, everything went dark.
I know this chapter is a little long, but I have had the ending for a while and was debating on how to put it together. Stick with me here i'm going for at least another chapter, but probably two. Thanks to 'dustytiger' for the advice!=
