Lila and her great aunt Thelma took care of Mark Webster's funeral arrangements. A private funeral for Mark Webster was held in the Oxen funeral home. The service was held about 4 days after the murder. Since Oxen was a small town, there wasn't a venue large enough to hold those who wanted to attend his funeral. Police and law enforcement shut down the main street going into town. A You tube video was made of the funeral and then released. Lila and her friends who attended the private funeral were given their privacy. None of Mark's family came. They had disowned him years ago.
Spencer Reid had gone to New Orleans where he attended Nathan's funeral. Nathan's death was a real shock to him. Reid had seen many dead bodies before but he had to look away when he saw Nathan at the viewing. The viewing and service was held at a funeral home. Unlike Mark Webster whose family had disowned him years before, all of Nathan's family and friends were there.
He arrived back in Oxen, Mississippi as the funeral of Mark Webster was ending. Lila was carrying the car seat with Hannah in it back to the car to take the drive to the cemetery. Hannah woke up and screamed. Then she started crying with high pitch screams. Lila put her into the car. Spencer Reid had just arrived and got in the car with her. He offered to drive the car while Lila tried everything to calm Hannah down but she was hysterical. When they reached the cemetery, she calmed down and went to sleep. Reid stayed in the car with her as he watched from a distance what was going on.
Hannah woke up looked at Reid and smiled. Reid knew that she recognized him.
They was a small get together afterwards which was held in Thelma Wilson's home. Within an hour, the guests had pretty much left. Thelma had a flight to New York and had left right after the get together. Reid and Lila were alone in the house. Hannah had been put to bed. It was about 5:00 p.m. in the evening.
It finally hit Lila like a ton of brinks that Mark was gone. She started to sob. Reid tried to comfort her but to no avail. She buried her face in his chest sobbing and sobbing. Reid kissed her forehead. She went upstairs and went to bed. Reid was so tired he fell asleep on the couch downstairs.
Hotch came by around 11:00 p.m. to see if Reid was at Lula's home. He was concerned as Reid should have been back at the motel several hours earlier. He saw Reid sleeping on the couch from the front porch. Reid got up and then left.
The next day
"Well Lila, the 4 other murders in Mississippi have been solved and they had nothing to do with Mark and Nathan's murders. The person who murdered these couples tried to make it look like it had something to do with their political beliefs but it didn't. The suspect was in jail on another charge when Mark and Nathan were murdered." Said Spencer Reid.
The two were sitting in the back yard eating some of the leftovers from the get together. Lila knew that she was being watched and so did Spencer Reid. Otherwise the two would have been in the swimming pool skinny dipping and doing some other things that they'd been thinking doing about for a couple of days.
Lila was quite sad when Reid left the next day. She drove him to the Jackson Airport.
After about a week the BAU left town. They had very little to go on for the killer of Mark and Nathan. The town had a sense of uneasiness because many people thought that the killer of the men was someone who lived in town. Thelma Wilson felt very uneasy as she had a bad feeling that the killer wasn't finished. Lila had the same feeling. They didn't feel safe in the house. Shortly thereafter, Thelma left to go to New York; Lila went back to LA to live.
About two months after leaving Mississippi, Thelma Wilson died. A service was held in New York but not Mississippi. Lila went back to Oxen to settle her aunt's estate. She made sure she was surrounded by people. That night the house was set on fire. Lila was three hours away in Jackson. She received a threatening note. The writer threatened to kill her if she ever set foot in Oxen again. Lila knew that the killer had written the letter.