"So, which victim was here?" Morgan said as they stepped under the crime scene tape.
"This is where Elise Tucker was found. She was 23 years old, COD was a bullet through the forehead. Same as the others," JJ said walking up next to them.
"Well the fact that the unsub is facing their victims when they shoot shows an extreme lack or remorse. Also, there is obvious significance of the staging. He places them on or around major US monuments. The unsub is trying to display some sort of message. The extravagance suggests he may feel undervalued or ignored in his everyday life and wants to make a point of saying 'I will not be ignored.'" Reid said.
"Maybe a veteran. Maybe he feels that America didn't give him the credit he deserved, and now wants to be heard."
"Yeah, that would make sense actually. Was there any sign of sexual abuse?"
"Naw, and no signs of torture. Ligature marks on the wrists and ankles suggest that she was restrained, but other than that, no obvious physical trauma to the body."
"No sexual abuse suggests it's not about solely about dominance for him, and more for the recognition."
"But then there has to be another significance to the women if not sexual. The only thing these women have in common though is they all have the same green eyes. Other than that, they come from different socio-economic classes, different relationship status, different occupations... So what is the significance of the green eyes?"
"That's what we have figure out."
Back at Quantico, the team met back up.
"Okay, so five female victims with only one connection. Green eyes. That's pretty specific victimology. The unsubs obviously organized, and has somehow gone unnoticed while dumping the bodies. So he's smart," said Morgan walking around the circular table.
"Where do we think he is finding his victims?" Emily said while still looking over the case file in her hands.
"It could be anywhere. So far we haven't found any overlaps in the victims schedule, but Garcia is still working on it," said Hotch in his usual monotone.
"That is correct my fine furry friends," said Garcia marching into the room. "and I have once again, come to your rescue. Okay, so I looked over all of the victims recent purchases and activities and came up blank, until I found a gap in each of the victims schedules in which they were unaccounted for each day. For thirty minutes everyday, they left no paper trail. They weren't at work, they weren't at home and they were not making any purchases. So, I talked to the families and turns out they all went for almost the same exact run every morning. You wanna guess where?" she said with an excited grin.
"Memorial Park," said Morgan with a look of understanding.
"You are correct, my sir."
"So we know he's targeting women with green eyes who run in Memorial Park around the same time each morning. And, if he is following the timeline, he most likely has already selected his next victim."
"Well, the women go missing three days apart from the other, their bodies are found the next day, and so he most likely spends a day watching them, and planning the abduction. And since we found Elise's body yesterday, he is probably stalking his next target now."