Meanwhile, JJ and Reid were talking to the female students.

'I spoke to Amy's parents. Funeral services will be held on Sunday in Chicago. They're arriving later today to bring her home. They asked me to let you know that they will be staying downtown at the mainline hotel. If any of you would like to visit or pay your respects, they'd like you to feel free to do so' JJ explained once they had gathered all the students from the victim's dorms.

'How did you all let this happen? What? Everybody is thinking it. You are the FBI, the campus is crawling with police, and she gets murdered waiting for the security shuttle' A student named Katie snapped.

'That's not helpful, Katie' Stephanie said.

'Actually, it is. The fact that your friend was killed in such a well-lit area with a police presence indicates that the killer is most likely part of this campus. He's not an outsider. He's someone who wouldn't raise alarm with the police or potential victims' Reid explained.

'You should also be aware that the 3 victims were brunette. At this point, we do consider it an intentional pattern' JJ added before the group separated.

'I'm sorry about before' Katie said as Reid and JJ walked over to them.

'I'm sorry about your friend' JJ said.

'Uh, your R.A. Told us that you guys were at the library last night Did you see Amy there?' Reid asked.

'We didn't go with her, but we saw her there. I thought she left before us' A student named Alisa said.

'Her bag wasn't in her cubicle, or else we would have waited' Katie added.

'Did you notice anyone she might have been talking too earlier?' JJ asked.

'Was it like her to be walking alone, even in a dangerous situation like this?' Reid asked.

'She wasn't the victim type' Katie stated.

'It's almost impossible to pinpoint who's the most vulnerable. That's why we're trying to teach you how to best protect yourselves' Reid explained.

'I just mean that she was strong, and she was smart. I don't know why she didn't at least mace him' Katie said

'Are a lot of girls carrying mace?' JJ asked.

'Pepper spray, mace, switchblades. If you can buy it online or find it at the army-navy store, we've all bought it' Katie explained.

'Are you sure about who he's killing? I mean, brunettes?' Alisa asked, both women were brunettes.

'Pretty sure. Yeah' JJ said sadly.

…..

'Did the other victims have this much overkill?' Lilith asked the coroner once she arrived at the morgue.

'Death was caused by a single, very forceful stab wound to the heart' The coroner explained.

'Yeah. He broke through the breastbone' Lilith said as she took photos.

'And after that, he just lashed out at random' The coroner added.

'Well, no defensive wounds. She didn't even hold her hands up to fight him off' Lilith commented.

'The first 2 victims were the same' The coroner explained.

'Did you run toxicology screens?' Lilith asked.

'None of the others were drugged. Considering that she was standing waiting for a shuttle, my guess is she wasn't either' The coroner concluded and Lilith left the morgue just as her phone rang.

'Fallon' Lilith said answering it.

'Good morning, Lilith' Straus said into the phone. Lilith froze.

'Agent Fallon?' Straus asked.

'I'm here' Lilith said.

'I'm just checking in' Straus said.

'Checking in?' Lilith asked annoyed.

'On your case. The college girls' Straus explained.

'Uh, we don't know that much yet, ma'am' Lilith explained.

'But you will let me know if there's anything to report, won't you?' Straus asked.

'I really have to get back to work' Lilith said, avoiding the conversation.

'Of course. You know where you can reach me' Straus said before hanging up. Lilith leant against her rental car and sighed.

'What am I going to do?' She whispered to herself.

…..

'Have many days will it take to evacuate the students?' Hotch asked once the team had gotten back to the local station.

'2,3 days, tops' Gideon said taking a sip of his coffee.

'You think it's premature?' Hotch asked.

'Do we have a choice?' Gideon asked.

'Detective, can you gather your men? We'd like to present a rough profile' Hotch said.

'Got it All right, grab a seat. Let's go. Anywhere' Jim said to his men as the team stood in front of them.

'We know everyone's tired, working overtime. We want to tell you how much we appreciate it' Gideon said.

'We'd like to give you a rough profile of the man we're all looking for. This is someone with access He's managed to move in a small community with a high police presence without raising suspicion' Hotch started.

'Which means there's a good chance that this is someone you've seen' Lilith added.

'This unsub has killed 3 women in 4 days. That's what we call a spree killer. Now, most likely, something has happened in the past few days to set him off' Morgan continued.

'Because he kills white, brunette women, that stressor probably has to do with a woman in his life who fits the same description- wife, mother, girlfriend. Women he's killing, they're most likely a substitute' Gideon stated.

'What we need you to do is look at people who are part of the campus fabric. See if anyone fits the bill- students, professors, support staff' Lilith explained.

'I'm sorry, but how are my men supposed to know about somebody's home life?' Jim asked.

'Well, the people around him have seen him devolving. If you suspect someone on campus, talk to anyone who knows him, find out if he's recently found religion, been drinking, even if he's been harming himself.

'He may feel emasculated. Considering the stressor and the victimology, there's a good chance that rejection is a recurring theme in his life' Morgan explained.

'This unsub displays a great amount of anger, stabs his victims repeatedly, even after they're dead. Seconds later, he feels remorse. It's possible that his guilt is because his victims were in a position to trust him' Gideon explained.

'How's that?' A woman asked.

'As we said, we think he's a part of campus life. The victims, they feel safe around him. He's able to get close' Morgan answered.

'He's also able to kill these women without them fighting back. Not one of them has defensive wounds on their hands' Lilith added.

'Like if they'd been tasered first' The woman said.

'That's possible. Why?' Hotch asked as Lilith walked over to her files.

'Security guards on campus aren't allowed guns. They carry Tasers' Jim explained.

'Can you get me an employment list for campus security?' Gideon asked before following Lilith into the other room.

'What is it?' Gideon asked.

'These markings could have easily come from a Taser' Lilith explained showing him a photo.

'Employment list, campus security. How we gonna narrow this down?' Jim asked walking into the room.

'This unsub chose a closed community on purpose. He'd want to inject himself into the investigation. Can you check the records, find out if any of these security guards responded to every crime scene?' Gideon asked.

'You got it' Jim said walking off.

'In the meantime, call Garcia. Have her check the list against criminal records?" Gideon said before leaving as well. Lilith pulled out her phone and called Garcia.

'Talk to me, girlfriend' Garcia said.

'I need to give you a list of security guards' Lilith explained and began to read the list of names.

'I got nothing' Garcia said.

'Nothing?' Lilith asked frustrated.

'Nada. Security guards are all clean, squeaky. No criminal records' Garcia explained.

'What about a recent rejection? Something set him off. Any of these guys get fired recently, or did their wife leave?' Lilith asked.

'I'm sorry, Lil. That's far too general, even for my powers of snooping' Garcia said.

'Ok. Ok. you're a security guard…' Lilith said thinking out loud.

'I'm not sure I like where this is going' Garcia said.

'You probably had higher ambitions' Lilith continued.

'Easy' Garcia said playing along.

'Could you cross-check these guys against police and military records? See if any of them got kicked out or rejected' Lilith asked.

'I got one, but it's not recent' Garcia explained.

'Give it to me anyway' Lilith said.

'Nathan Tubbs, rejected from the police academy,2003. Failed his psych eval' Garcia explained.

'I got a list of responders. Only 4 guards were at every scene' Jim said walking back into the room. Lilith grabbed a sheet and saw the same name.

'Nathan Tubbs. Garcia, what else can you give me on Tubbs?' Lilith asked.

'I got a court appearance 6 days ago. Looks like the judge gave his wife full custody of their daughter. No visitation rights' Garcia explained.

'How much you want to bet his ex-wife is a brunette? You are the best' Lilith said happily.

'Word' Garcia said before hanging up.

'We've got a possible' Lilith said walking over to the rest of the group. The team minus Reid and JJ all went to Tubbs's house and broke down the door with their guns out.

'Clear!' Gideon called out.

'Bathroom's clear!' Lilith shouted.

'Gideon' Morgan said showing him a ripped picture of a brunette woman.

'I've got his work schedule here. He's not on duty' Lilith said.

'Where is he?' Gideon asked.

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