"Greetings to all and welcome to the Penelope Garcia Show," Garcia announced, waving a pink and purple feathered pen in the air. "You asked me to look into the backgrounds of all four victims, and I have to report that the only thing they seem to have in common is that they all live, work, and go to school in an area boarding the same stretch of I-59."
"What exactly did you find out?" Blake asked.
"Okay, let's start with Missy Lewis," Garcia said. "Married for the second time. She is from the area originally and was working as an Accountant doing the books for several small businesses. I can't find anything at any of the businesses that would attract undue attention. Her two children attend the local elementary school and they seem to be doing well. There doesn't appear to be any problems with either her current husband or her previous one."
"Okay," JJ said. "That seems to be pretty straightforward. Next –"
"Mary Sue Jameson – Stay at home mom," Garcia told her. "She was married with three children, one in middle school and two in elementary. She volunteered at the local library and at her kids' schools. No problems that I can find with the neighbors or with her husband. Just a normal, everyday housewife with her family."
"That's rather disconcerting," Rossi commented. "It doesn't say much for the future of housewives."
"What about Loubelle Jackson?" Hotch asked.
"Loubelle Jackson, apparently another innocent bystander," Garcia told them. "She owned and ran a licensed day care center located in her home. Meets or surpasses all local and state regulations and, as far as I can tell, has had no problems with any of the parents whose children she cares for. Has been divorced for many years and any problems with her ex-husband are well in the past. She has one grown daughter who lives at home and works at a small machine shop. She was on her way to pick up said daughter when she was abducted."
"That brings us to the latest victim," Morgan said.
"Sue Ann Harris," Garcia continued her report. "Graduated from the local consolidated high school last year and was attending community college while working part time. No boyfriend in the picture that I can discover. And, as with the other women, no trouble with the law."
"Is there any place at all where they would have crossed paths?" Reid asked.
"Not that I can find," Garcia told him. "They attended school at different times, and were members of different churches. None of them appears to have been joiners, as far as civic groups are concerned. They may have driven over the same roads or shopped at the same stores, but probably not at the same time."
"That doesn't give us much," JJ observed.
"I know, but rest assured I will keep digging," Garcia promised. "If there is anything to find, I will find it! Over and out!" The screen went blank.
"Okay, there doesn't seem to be any connection between the victims," Hotch conceded. "Let's try going over what we do know about the unsub."
"He has no preference as far as age, race, or general appearance," Morgan began.
"Theft definitely isn't an issue," was Reid's observation. "In the State of Alabama there were 111,411 cases of personal theft last year and 10,662 vehicles stolen. From what we can tell, he isn't contributing to these statistics."
"It would appear that sexual gratification isn't a component," Rossi said. "It may mean that he is impotent and actually gets his satisfaction from the act of dissecting the bodies."
"Dissecting?" Blake questioned. "This does resemble work done in a Biology lab. Could this be someone who, for whatever reason, is just interested in examining the bodies?"
"Like a student of some sort," Morgan concluded.
"Okay," Hotch announced, turning to Detective Addams and Deputy Kelly. "Get your people together. I think we are ready to give the profile."
