A/N First things first. I've been having a lot of problems with people disagreeing with my choice of story line. If you don't like the idea of JJ being Unit Chief then don't read. That is what this story is about. Please don't PM me telling me I'm not a true Criminal Minds fan because I don't support Thomas. I love this show and it's characters. IF you don't agree with me then don't read my stories. Thanks and I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 4: The Case
JJ had accepted the job offer about a month ago. During that month she had been trained and prepared to take over the team. She was still nervous but she also knew she could do this job. When the rest of the team found out they were all very supportive. JJ couldn't help but still feel like there was a lot more to this whole thing then what Matt and Hotch were letting on but she had other things she needed to focused on. Especially considering that today was Hotch's last day with the team and at the end of the day she would be the Unit Chief of the BAU.
"JJ, may I see you for a moment." Hotch had walked up to JJ's desk in the bullpen.
"Yeah," JJ looked up and smiled at her friend. She stood and followed him into his office.
"How are you feeling?" Hotch asked sitting down and gesturing for JJ to do the same.
"I'm sad." JJ admitted. "I really don't want you to leave the team."
"I'm sad too." Hotch agreed. "But it makes leaving a little easier knowing the team's in good hands."
JJ nodded her head, she really didn't know how to respond.
"JJ, I want you to know that no matter what you can always come to me if you need anything." Hotch had made this statement multiple times throughout the month.
"I know Aaron." JJ hated goodbyes, this really sucked.
"Listen," Aaron became more professional and pulled out a file and handed it over to JJ. "You have a case, but I wont be joining you."
"What?" JJ didn't expect this. They had worked multiple cases since she excepted the job but she hadn't been left to run the team alone.
"JJ, you're ready. The team will have your back and you have theirs." Hotch nodded. "I'll be here with Garcia if you need any advise but I can't come with you. I'm only planning on being around to work on tying up some forgotten ends and then this will all be yours." Hotch gestured to the room. "I'll review the case with you but the rest is all yours."
XX
"Alright everyone lets get started." JJ began. "Garcia."
"Okay so this case comes to us from Boise, Idaho. Two girls were found dead and another has gone missing. Both bodies were discovered at the Ann Morrison Park in shallow graves just hours apart from each other. All three girls have Blonde hair, green eyes, and each weighed about 100lbs. The first victims name is Jessica Heart. She was a student at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg and was down in Boise visiting family. Our second victim, Lacey Miller, was visiting family as well but was from Logan. Utah. Our third victim, the one who is still missing is one, Missy Peterson. She is from nearby Nampa. She went missing last night at around 8. She was supposed to be meeting a friend to go to the movies but never showed up."
"What was the COD?" Emily asked
"Suffocation." Garcia explained.
"There are ligature marks on the hands and ankles. They were bound by something." Reid pointed out.
"How long had the first two victims been missing before they were found?" Rossi asked looking at the picture of Missy.
"2 days." JJ piped in. "That's why we need to get to Boise in as little time as possible."
The team all stood up and began to gather their belongings and go-bags before making their way to the jet.
XX
On the jet ride to Boise the team set up a basic profile. JJ and Reid headed to the sheriff station and Rossi and Prentiss headed to the crime scene.
"Hi I'm Agent Jennifer Jareau, this is Dr. Spencer Reid. SSA David Rossi, and SSA Emily Prentiss are at the crime scene." JJ introduced the team to the Boise Sheriff.
"Nice to meet you Agent Jareau, Dr. Reid. I'm Sheriff Manson." The Sheriff looked at JJ and then over to Reid.
"Please, call me JJ."
"Alright, JJ. Please bring your team right this way." The sheriff guided them to an empty board room, with a table in the center. "Will this work?"
"Yes, thank you." JJ placed her bag on the table. "Spence do we have enough for a geographical profile?"
"Yeah," Reid answered.
"Alright you get started on that, I'm going to call Garcia and see what she could find on our victims."
JJ pulled out her phone and called Penelope.
"You have reach the God of the web, what can I do for you."
"Hey Garcia did you find anything on the victims?"
"Why of course I did." JJ could here that Garcia was typing. "Lacy Miller, the second victim, she got into some trouble when she was younger, just some minor things, skipping school, some traffic law violations But other then that she seemed to be a pretty good person. She grew up in Boise but moved to Utah when she was 17, that was when her parents divorced."
"Who did she move with?"
"Her mom."
"Anything else?"
"Not on Lacy but our first victim Jessica Heart has something in common with Lacey."
"Which was?"
"Her parents divorced when she was 16. She and her two sisters lived with her mom."
"Let me guess. Missy Peterson's parents divorced too?"
"Exactly miss Unit Chief." Garcia confirmed. "She was 16 as well and lived with her mom after."
"Interesting." JJ's mind began to race. "Thanks Garcia."
"I do what I can."
JJ hung up the phone and walked over to Reid. "Garcia found something, all three girls parent divorced when they were teenagers, and all three chose to live with their mothers."
"Interesting." Reid agreed. He went back to the map he had been working on.
"I'll call Rossi and Emily and let them know." JJ told Reid. "Then I'm going to go talk to Missy's parents."
XX
"Hello, my name is Jennifer Jareau, I'm with the FBI."
"Mark, and this is Karen." Missy's dad shook JJ's hand. "Are you going to find my daughter?"
"We're going to try." JJ wanted to promise them but she knew that in this world that wasn't possible. The only thing she could promise was she would do everything she could.
"Do you have kids." Karen finally spoke.
"I have two sons." JJ told her sitting down across from them.
"Then you can imagine the pain we're in." Mark concluded.
"My team and I are doing everything in our power to find your daughter but we're going to need your help. Tell me everything you can about Missy."
"Missy was smart. She graduate the top of her call. She ah…She was taking a semester of school off to volunteer." Mark began saying "She was about to leave on her humanitarian project."
"Did you have a good relationship with her?" JJ asked Mark.
"When her mother and I divorced, Missy and I didn't have a very good relationship but after she graduated, she came to me and wanted to rebuild our relationship." Mark hung his head. "I wish I wouldn't have allowed such a bad relationship to take place."
"Don't be stupid Mark. She loves you." Karen interjected.
"If I hadn't screwed up. If I hadn't cheated then maybe we would still be a family." Mark broke into tears.
JJ really didn't know what to say.
"Our relationship was toxic from the start." Karen said this more to JJ then Mark. "I got pregnant in college and Mark stepped up."
JJ and the Peterson's talked for a little bit more before she returned to the team.
"What did you find at the crime scene?" JJ asked when she walked back into the board room, where Rossi and Emily were both waiting.
"There was no grave of any kind. They weren't even covered." Emily explained. "The Unsub has to be very comfortable with the area because there's no cover, anywhere."
JJ began to think, something felt off. "Does it seem like they were killed there or somewhere else?"
"There was no sign of a struggle at the scene," Rossi explained. "It seems to just be the dump sight."
"Reid, are you ready with the Geographical Profile?" JJ asked turning to Spencer.
"Yeah." Spencer looked up to JJ. "These three spots are the first two abduction sights and the dump sight. It would have been easier if we knew where Missy was abducted. But this will have to do."
Spencer explained his findings.
"I think it's time to give the profile." Rossi said looking over to JJ.
"I think you're right." JJ agreed.
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