"The three victims were all found in different alleys throughout Manhattan. The first victim Maria Clarkson, age thirty-eight, she was found in an alley way near Liberty Street. The second victim, Vanessa Hastings, forty-three, was found three minutes away in Exchange Alley. The last victim, Anna Staples, forty-two, was found on Governour's Lane, which is seven minutes away from the last dump site." JJ explained, this case was extremely time sensitive, which meant they had to do their usual briefings from the jet and since Penelope was on her annual leave, she was left presenting the case.

"They were all bound, raped, tortured, and their throats were slit. We're most likely dealing with a sexual sadist, all of the victims had broken ribs, and they were covered in bruises from head to toe. Our Unsub gets off on the pain." JJ finished leaving room for comments.

"They were all found in the financial district, but the first two were in fairly closed off spaces, the last one was pretty exsposed." Reid commented, "Our Unsub could be evolving."

"I agree with Reid. The first two murders were of high risk victims, both Maria and Vanessa were prostitutes, but Anna was a librarian. She was quiet, she rarely went out. She was low risk as they come." Tara agreed, flipping through her case file.

"This is why this case is so urgent. If our Unsub is evolving and becoming confident after only two kills, then he doesn't plan on slowing down any time soon, which means if he sticks to his pattern of abducting a new girl every five days, we only have sixteens hours before another girl goes missing. "Prentiss said, before nodding towards Rossi and Alvez. "Could you two check out the crime scenes? Reid and Tara will check out the victim's apartments, Simmons and JJ will talk to the victim's family. I'll go over to the morgue, see what they can tell us about the bodies. Since Garcia is on vacation, we'll be pulling in Kevin Lynch to assist us on this case." Everyone nodded in agreement of their assignment.

"Those must be the suits…" Rollins trailed off, her eyes following the people on the way to the Lieutenants office. She still didn't understand what a bunch of shrinks with guns would accomplish, but the lieutenant always knew best or at least she thought she did. "I thought they weren't gonna be here for another hour?" Kat asked to no one in particular to which Rollins snorted, "They probably have a private jet ready to pick them up any second they want to swoop in and save the day, taking all of the credit for our hard work."

The lieutenant had been expecting them, because she exited her office before they'd even had a chance to make it to her door. This was the other detectives cue to introduce themselves, they all seemingly moved at once to present themselves a united front behind their boss. "Unit Chief Prentiss, these are my detectives Amanda Rollins, Katriona Tamin, and Odafin Tutuola." Benson said, introducing her small team, "Dominick Carisi here is on loan to us from the D.A.'s office. It's all hands-on deck for this case, so whatever you need, just ask."

Prentiss nodded. "Thank you, Captain Benson. These are my agents, SSA David Rossi, Spencer Reid, Tara Lewis, Luke Alvez, Jennifer Jareau, and Matt Simmons. After we set up shop here I'd like to have a few of my agents visit the crime scenes and the victim's homes. I'd also like to bring in the victim's family."

"Sure, Rollins will help you guys get setup and then she'll take your agents over to the latest crime scene." Benson nodded, before dismissing Rollins, "Fin you can help interview the victim's family, and Kat will visit the victims homes."

The first few minutes of the car ride to the crime scene was quiet, both Rossi and Luke could feel the negativity rolling off of the younger detective in waves, but neither of them were willing to acknowledge it. "Was Lynch ever able to find anything connecting the victims other than their appearance and age?" Rossi asked sick of the awkward silence.

"Nothing, but the appearance is pretty specific. White, blonde hair, brown eyes, and a curvier build. Do you know the statistics for people with blonde hair and brown eyes? Eight percent." Luke replied getting a strange look from both Rossi and Rollins, "Reid." He simply replied, gaining an understanding look from Rossi.

"Agent Reid is our resident genius. IQ of a hundred and eighty-seven and eidetic memory. Do yourself a favor, don't ask rhetorical questions around him." Rossi quipped, gaining a slight smile from Rollins and a full grin from Luke.

"This place is vey clean. There's nothing out of place, it's almost too clean." Reid observed as he looked through the first victim's, Maria's, apartment.

"Maria was a prostitute for a long time, keeping her apartment neat was probably the only thing she had control over." Kat responded looking through a shelf full of books, she gained a strange look from the agents. "I used to work for VICE – neatness is s very common among older sex worker's." Kat responded.

Reid nodded, "That makes sense. After a long time in chaos people find even the most minuscule ways to keep a handle on things." He paused, "It is a little unusual that she was still a prostitute. Statistically speaking an average's prostitutes career span is seven years. Maria has prostitution arrests spanning over nineteen years."

"Same for Vanessa Hastings, she was forty-three, but her first arrest for prostitution was over twenty-one years ago. So, either they were extremely lucky or that may have something to do with why the Unsubs' targeting them." Tara responded.

"I know this is extremely difficult for you and I can't imagine what you're going through, but is there anything you can tell us about your daughter that you didn't tell the other detectives?" JJ asked, "Was anyone after Maria, did she have any enemies?"

"No, no – Maria was nice to everyone and everyone loved her. In the past she'd gone through some things, addiction, but she was getting passed that. She planned on going to beauty school in a few weeks." Ms. Clarkson sniffled, dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief. "I just don't understand why anyone would do this."

"Ms. Clarkson, rest a assured that we will do everything in our power to catch this guy." Simmons responded, reaching out to pat the older woman on the back. Ms. Clarkson laid her hand over Simmons, patting it twice, before standing up.

"Is there anything else you need or can I go?" Maria's mother asked. Fin nodded, standing up to walk her out. "If you need anything or think of anything else, don't hesitate to call me." Fin replied, handing her one of his business cards as they walked.

JJ and Matt walked out of the interview towards where they'd setup the cork-board. Captain Benson and Prentiss sat at the desk surrounded by case files. "So, we talked to all three of the girl's parents and they all pretty much told the same story. None of the girls had any enemies, they were thoroughly liked." Matt explained, "But something struck me as odd. All three of the women were focused on making their lives better. Maria planned on going to cosmetology school, Vanessa checked into rehab and had even secured a job as a secretary, she was dead set on getting custody of her daughter, and Anna had started going out more, she'd even went back to school to finish her bachelor degree, so that she could teach."

"So, maybe that's why the unsub picked them? He saw that they were trying to better himself and maybe that angered him. The torture he put them through, the way he dumped them without any kind of covering. He's a narcissistic, misogynistic, sexual sadist. He sees these women trying to better themselves, and maybe they rejected him, so in his mind he thought that they were too good for him." Prentiss deduced, "JJ, Matt, get the other's back here so that we can go over the profile. I think we're ready to deliver the profile.