"Garcia, can you run a check on the parents of the 2nd abducted girl? We need to know whether they're still living in Nevada" Hotch said down the line as he put the key in the engine and got ready to drive once he had the location. Rossi and he had just finished interviewing the mother of the first abducted girl, Alice Wells, in the woman's nursing home.
"Yes, sir…" Garcia replied as she hurriedly searched for the next girl's file. "Ok, her parents' names are Carol and Joseph Lawson… I've got a death certificate for Carol dating back a couple years… Shortly after Joseph moved to an upscale retiring home in the sunshine state" She replied as new documents popped up on her screen.
"Looks like we're not interviewing them today" Rossi said in his rich Italian accent with a little wry smile.
"Alright, check for the girl's parents in 1979" Hotch replied as he stared out the window and into the street.
"Ok…" She said as she searched for the information. "Diana and William Reid… They're divorced but it looks like Diana must have kept the last name because…" She said as she looked for more information on the woman. "Oh…"
"What's wrong?" Hotch asked.
"Um, yeah. Diana Reid was institutionalized for paranoid schizophrenia 9 years ago"
"What about the dad?"
"Oh, uh" She quickly went back and searched for William Reid. "He's still in Las Vegas… in fact he only lives a couple miles away from the house he lived in at the time of his daughter's abduction" Garcia said thoughtfully.
"What's the address?" Rossi asked as he grabbed a scrap of paper and a pen. Garcia quickly relayed the information and Rossi couldn't help but think he'd heard it before. Hotch started the engine and began driving, he was somewhat familiar with that area of Vegas from cases they'd worked on previously. "What's in this guy's history, Garcia? Convictions? Jail time?"
"Nope, this guy is squeaky clean. Like, seriously. He hasn't had a parking ticket since the 70's" She said, amazing as she scanned through more information.
"Did he get remarried?"
"Nope, they got divorced ten years after their daughter's disappearance" Garcia replied as she looked harder through the files. "Oh…" Garcia said quietly as she saw a birth record. "I think I got something… Woah" She said as she opened the file and stared at the name. "There's a birth record here saying he's got a son called Spencer-"
"Reid" Rossi and Garcia said in unison. "I knew I'd heard that address before"
"Guys… If this is Reid's sister that's missing what does that mean?" Garcia asked, concern was obvious in her voice.
"It means that he's not telling us something or his parents aren't telling him something" Rossi said quietly as Hotch pulled up on the curb outside a modest apartment building. "We'll call you after we talk to Reid's dad" Rossi said, Hotch grabbed his phone, hung up then they both got out and walked towards the door.
Hotch roughly knocked on the door and took a step back. It was bright and sunny outside so he wasn't surprised that he didn't see and lights on. He heard a small amount of noise behind the door before it slowly creaked open.
"Hello?" William asked as he pulled the door open more when he saw the familiar faces, he recognised them almost immediately as colleagues of his son who'd come looking for him when he thought he'd killed a six year old on the team he used to coach when Spencer was four.
"Mr. Reid? Agent Rossi and Hotchner" Hotch said as they flashed their badges. "Can we ask you a few questions about your daughter Desiree?"