"Good morning my most favorite Italian!" Garcia answered Rossi's phone call. "Please say you have something for me to do – Please?! I can't stand not being able to help!"
"Garcia, can you find out which undertakers handled the arrangements for Missy Logan and Amy Richardson?" Blake spoke up. The two agents had walked out into the parking lot and were standing next to their SUV while talking to the tech.
"And good morning to you, too, my darling Alexandra," Garcia replied poetically. "Okay - Let me take a look – This should be easy – And, you are in luck. The same funeral home handled both bodies and that is Schulman Brothers. And, before you ask, I am sending their information to both your phones."
"Thanks, Garcia," Rossi told her.
"Before you go, how is he doing?" Garcia hastily added. "That is, if he isn't right there listening – Is he?"
"No, he's not," Blake assured her. "He and Hotch are inside going over the reports from the first two cases. And, he is doing – okay."
"Just okay?" Garcia questioned anxiously.
"Don't worry, Bella. We are keeping an eye on him," Rossi assured her.
"Alright," the tech replied. "But, could you have Emma call me – Please? I really, really want to talk with her."
"Not a problem," Blake assured her. "I'll tell her the minute I see her."
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"So," Morgan stood on the small rise next to the road and looked around. "This spot is definitely out in the open."
"You saw the previous site, what is different about this one?" JJ asked.
"This is closer to the road, more exposed, for one thing," Morgan replied thoughtfully as he walked over to view the most recent victim. "And, even though I didn't see Dawn Sheldon's body on site, from the pictures it looked like it was left where it fell. This one appears to have been slightly moved – possibly even posed."
"So, this guy is definitely not afraid of being caught," JJ stated as she surveyed the area. "And, we can assume that he knows the schedules of the people who travel these back roads."
"He is arranging for the bodies to be found," Morgan observed. "Could that mean he wants to be caught? Maybe he feels guilty?"
"Or, maybe he wants to bring closure to their families," JJ suggested. "Now, I think we have seen everything here so let's let the crime scene people do their jobs." She nodded towards a small group of individuals standing next to the coroner's van which was parked at the edge of the dirt road.
"Okay," Morgan agreed. "I assume our next stop is the parent's home?"
He glanced over at the man who had driven them to the scene. "Deputy?"
"Right this way," the deputy assigned to them motioned towards the road. "It's not far."
As he turned to lead the way back to the car, JJ noticed the droop in his shoulders and took a guess.
"You knew her?" she questioned softly.
"Actually," the deputy replied. "I know her oldest brother, Les, and I hate to think about how he is going to take this."
"Tell us about him," JJ suggested as they got into the car.
"Les and I graduated from high school together," the deputy began as he started the engine. "And, after that, we both spent two years at the local community college. When we were done there, I went into law enforcement, and Les, well, he's finishing up in veterinary school."
"Sounds like a great guy," JJ observed as the car pulled into a driveway.
"He is and so are his folks," the deputy assured her as he turned the ignition off. "And, I don't know how they are going to deal with this."