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"I'll go get the rest of the team," JJ said, standing.
She went out into the bullpen, calling out to Morgan who was looking for something in the drawers of his desk.
"Conference room, Garcia's got something." She said as she passed him on her way to grab Reid. She entered the break room to find Reid dumping most of the sugar in the building into his coffee cup.
"Garcia has something." She said. He nodded and made his way to the conference room with the coffee. She could practically feel her teeth rotting at the thought of drinking that much sugar in her coffee. She informed Hotch, then Rossi before making her way back to the room. She and Rossi entered together as the rest of the team settled.
"JJ said you found something?" Hotch asked Garcia once everyone was seated. She nodded enthusiastically.
"I've narrowed the suspects down to three people with too much money for their own good and quite a bit of suspicious activity. First, we have Anni Hiram, her husband was killed during that spree killer in New York case. Her husband made his money through possibly dubious means, but nothing was ever proven. From what I can tell, she took over where he left off but there is nothing that can prove she is doing anything illegal." She finished her mini ramble and looked a the team expectantly.
"Is there anything to indicate she holds the team responsible?" Prentiss asked. The clacking of keys could be heard briefly.
"No, not really." She said.
"The tone of voice in the note indicates that it was written by a man. The word choice is decidedly masculine." Reid said, shaking his head.
"You said there were two more?" Rossi asked. She nodded.
"Yes, next up is Misha Handley. He owns a tech company that has grown quite popular over the past few years, and when I say rich I mean like owns-half-the-Pacific-Ocean-rich. Not that he actually owns half the Ocean, but he probably could if he set his mind to it. His daughter was killed in a high profile case a few years back, before this 'branch' of the BAU was formed. The reason I bookmarked him is because a- Gideon was working the case when his daughter was killed, and b- he has been making suspicious withdrawals from the bank for a few months now."
"How did he react to his daughter's death?" Hotch asked. "Was he angry, guilty, depressed?"
"Um…" More key clacking. "It seems as though he fell into a deep depression before locking himself away and becoming a total recluse. As far as I can tell, his only connection to the outside world his wife… who just signed for divorce."
"That could be his trigger," Morgan said, ready to nail this guy to the wall.
"I don't know… The timeline doesn't quite fit, I think." Reid countered. "Garcia, you said he was making withdraws months before the divorce?"
"That is correct, my dear genius." She said.
"Well, something else would have had to be the trigger if he was our guy." Reid said.
"Then what's with all the money?" Morgan questioned.
"What if… he hired a P.I. or something to find out if his wife was cheating? That could be what caused the divorce." JJ said. She may not have been a profiler, but she could sure as Hell keep up with them.
"What is the last suspect?" Hotch asked, not wanting to speculate until they had all the information.
"Michael Black. He is a large business owner, and on our second case we put his brother away for the murder of three women. He paid for his brother's defense, which was not cheap and testified on his behalf. He accused the Bureau of tampering with evidence to wrongly put his brother away. These claims were proven to be false, but he still quite vocal with his opinion of the FBI and the BAU in particular." She said, raising an eyebrow. "Sounds suspect to me." She commented.
"Has anything happened recently that may have been his trigger?" Prentiss asked.
"Let's find out." She mumbled, the clicking continued. "Oh… his brother was killed two weeks ago, shanked to death by his cellmate. That's just… ew." She shuddered.
"We should bring him in," Rossi said.
"Definitely." Morgan agreed, and they all stood, mentally preparing themselves to take down the bastard who tried to hurt their team.
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