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Addicted Innocence-Chapter 11
Evidence
The BAU team had reassembled in the local law enforcement headquarters. They believed that the information that William had given them just might be the link they needed to find out who the UnSub was. They would also be able to track down the people who used to hang out with the UnSub when he was still in high school, which they could hopefully use to find out more about his behavior and his personal traits. Finding out if the UnSub's personality had changed dramatically could help the BAU determine when the man had found his stressor. Although they already had the UnSub's profiler, any additional information they could find about him would help build a more complete and more accurate profiler.
The team pressed their worries about Reid aside for the moment, knowing that giving the profiler would help find him. The wasn't very comforting, though, and they still found their thoughts being directed back to their youngest agent. As they pressed their feelings tightly away in their stomachs, they gathered around the circle-shaped room, ready to give the profile,
"At least one of the UnSubs in this group that we're dealing with more than likely has faced sexual abuse in his past from a dominant male. Because they are kidnapping younger men who are vulnerable to attack, it was most likely a father figure who supplied the abuse." Prentiss started.
"So you're saying there's more than one UnSub?" Detective Asiley asked. Morgan nodded his head before sharing his part of the profile.
"We know this is a group because of the plan; they knew our agent was undercover, he knew where Jared would be, he knew how to contact Reid's father, and he knew that Jared would be shot. This is too much for one person to deal with; three's no way he could have done the acts alone." Morgan explained. "The man who shot Jared was the same man who kidnapped Reid and injured his father. Whoever was driving the ambulance at the time was also in on it. When crashed the car, opened a trap door on the bottom,. And crawled out with Jared. We've tried following the trail, but it lead out to a deserted street. There isn't any evidence in between any of it."
"The group of UnSubs are kidnapping victims and selling them as sex slaves. Our technical analyst in Quantico can further back this up by the file she just sent us. One of the original strippers, Benjamin Black, was found naked in an alley where there is a 'known' sex slave gang. The local authorities that gave us this information have been trying to arrest the group for years, but there hasn't been enough hard evidence to make it stick. If we can connect these kidnappings to the group, we can find out who they hired to train their slaves and export them to their facility."
"Training, as in…?" a young officer hinted.
"Yes, as in raping them until they learn to not struggle and do as they're told. These young men are brutally beaten whenever they misbehaved; they may beg their captives for their lives- to be let go. The type of men who could handle ignoring their cries of help don't care about strippers; they think of them as dirty and lessly in the terms of society ranking. In most cases, these captors are either abuse victims themselves who got into the business to stop the abuse or the abusers themselves. A typical man could not handle this type of job, which is something to keep in mind when we start searching the warehouses." Rossi supplied.
"William Reid, the father of the agent who was kidnapped, received of text message with a photo attachment of his son stripping. Our group of UnSubs are careful and matriculate. They plan their every move. They brought in the father because they knew that he would stop his son from stripping. Just as William Reid walked in, witnesses say, Jared walked out. This was also plan, and they got luck for that part actually working out. As William caused a scene inside the bar, the UnSub they sent in had gotten most of my team's attention on Jared, clearing themselves for about five minutes to kidnap Reid and drug William. By the time Agent Morgan and I were inside, our agent was gone." Hotch said. "They are very well-organized, and so will we when we start the search. If we are even a minute late to the scene, we'll miss our chance, and they'll walk away free again."
About 15 Minutes Later
"Baby Girl, please tell me you have something for us." Morgan begged.
"For Reid, I'll make it happen." she muttered.
"Don't we know it." Morgan smiled. Then, he continued. "What do you have?"
"Hotch asked me to run a search on William Reid's phone. The last text message he received with the photo attachment was from a prepaid cell phone. I was able to track down the company through the unique server router the company uses, and I traced it back to the stores that sell that brand. We've got a 'Marilyn's Market' just north of Las Vegas a 'Wendy's Drug Store' across the freeway, 'LV Tech', a few miles away from Las Vegas' border, and "Yate Thomas' 20 minutes away from the hotel you guys are staying at. I also texted you the names of the places with their owner's names."
"Thanks Garcia." Morgan said.
"Go find our boy genius." And with that, she hung up.
Morgan flipped his cell phone closed before heading back to the rest of his team, ready to share the news with them…
JJ power-walked down the hallway in her low high heel shoes tapping against the floor beneath her. She turned the corner until she found her boss looking over a case file. "Hotch, I got a match on the class ring and logo. The only high school in Las Vegas with that description is the Las Vegas Public High School. Turn out there aren't many public schools in Las Vegas." JJ added, flipping through a list of schools.
"Can you blame them?" Hotch mumbled before taking the papers from JJ.
"Are we sure the UnSub who wore the ring is from Las Vegas? She asked.
"Yeah, the profile says he wouldn't leave home due to emotional attachment and lack of acceptance to change. And besides, how many other cities do you know of that have this much access to sex slaves and strippers?" JJ just nodded her head to show she understood. "Have we been able to identify a list of UnSubs from the school yet?"
"No, but I was going to have Garcia check the student list for alumni from the year on the ring who match the profile. She can also look up call ring orders and see if they had different style choices and what-not. If the did, then we could narrow down the list again." JJ replied.
"All right." Hotch nodded. "Good work." Then, with a sigh, he continued. "Tell the team to pack it in for the night. It's closing in at 10pm and there's nothing we can do until morning."
"Of course sir. " With that, JJ dismissed herself…
Spencer Reid woke up to an arm around his waist and a hand brushing through his hair. He quickly noted that he had been stripped down to his boxers, which created an uncomfortable breeze and an even more uncomfortable state of mind. When Marcus seemed to realize that Reid was awake, he smiled and rolled him over.
"I hope you're ready boy, because this is gonna sting a little…."
"…So the profile's out there, the BAU has a possible lead, and training begins. : ). I hope it was worth the wait. R&R?…?