"We need to get going," Detective Addams urged. "He's probably taking her to the family farm. We have to get her back!"
"Let's not rush into this," Hotch cautioned. "Up until this point, Kurt hasn't shown any signs of being violent. We don't want to put him in a situation where he feels cornered. We have no way of knowing what he will do then."
"And, now he has two women," Rossi pointed out. "That's two lives we know are in danger."
"The thing I don't understand," Deputy Kelly spoke up, "Is why this personality change occurred all of a sudden? By all accounts Kurt has always been a nice, normal, law abiding individual."
"He most likely was as normal as you and I," Rossi told him. "However, after his parents were killed in that accident he lost his 'moral compass', if you will. He had no anchor in his life. Then, he met Ms. Greenburg and to him she seemed to be someone he could depend on and could use as his anchor in life. Without her knowing it, she became the object of his obsession."
"He's been practicing on improving his dissecting skills so he can impress her," Blake continued. "My guess is that it got out of hand."
JJ was studying her tablet. "Garcia's sent us directions to the farm," she announced. "And, it's getting dark out. We need to get going."
"Kevlar vests, and no sirens," Hotch suggested. "As far as we know, both Sue Ann Harris and Amy Greenburg are still alive. We need to move quietly so we don't spook him."
The local sheriff's officers led the way in their vehicles, with the state police and FBI following. As Hotch had suggested, neither sirens nor flashing lights were used and, once the vehicles had turned off the highway and onto the driveway leading to the farmhouse, all headlights were turned off. The vehicles stopped about 100 feet from the buildings and the team leaders got out to approach the buildings on foot.
"I don't see any lights on in the house," Hotch whispered when they got closer.
"His truck is parked around back, in front of that small outbuilding," Detective Addams observed. "There seems to be a light on out there."
"I can send several of my guys to clear the house while your team goes into the shed," Deputy Kelly told Hotch.
"That sounds like the best idea," Hotch agreed. "Let's do it!"
