During the next week, the team repeatedly ran into dead ends. Anderson and Blake interviewed everyone who had been parked in Lot D during the time Christine was abducted. They were unable to find anyone who had witnessed the abduction or who had heard anything, and Garcia's search of security cameras in the vicinity yielded no clues. BOLOs for all the missing women were issued to police in the surrounding areas but, again, nothing turned up. Reid was working 24 hours a day and, despite admonitions from his teammates, refused to sleep for more than an hour at a time, and was eating only when forced to by Garcia or Rossi.

The team felt that they were running out of time to rescue the missing women, and were expecting the worst when they were summoned to the conference room early one afternoon. As a serious-looking Hotch took his place at the front of the room, everyone braced for more bad news.

"We have had another abduction," Hotch announced. "Elaina Dunham, the wife of Leonard Dunham the Undersecretary of the Department of Education, is missing."

"When and Where?" Rossi asked.

"About an hour ago, at the park where she goes for her daily run," Hotch supplied the information. "It looks like she finished her run, went into the restroom, and then was snatched on the way to her car. Her cell phone was found in a trash basket in the parking area and her purse was still locked in the trunk."

"Where was her guard detail?" Morgan demanded.

"She had given them the slip about 45 minutes earlier," Hotch replied. "She was at the mall and managed to disappear during a trip to the food court."

He hesitated and Blake spoke up. "There is more, isn't there?" she asked.

"Yes," Hotch told the group. "Ms. Dunham is an insulin dependent diabetic. When she was abducted, her insulin was left behind."

"How long?" JJ asked.

"It looks like she gave herself an injection while in the restrooms," Hotch replied. "That means, with luck, twelve hours."

"How fast can we get there?" Blake asked as she stood up to leave.

"I'll start looking for security cameras." Garcia headed to her office.

When Hotch's team arrived at the park, the Metro Police's CSI people were already hard at work, processing both the restroom and the car. Police officers, assisted by FBI personnel, were busy combing the surrounding area looking for clues. This was the sixth abduction and everyone knew the heat was on. Someone would be held accountable.

"What have you found?" Hotch asked the detective in charge.

"Not much," he sighed. "It's just like the other scenes. Whoever this is, they move in quickly, grab the victim, and then move out again just as fast."

"This time, though, he apparently didn't do all his research," Rossi commented. "And, it caused him to make a mistake. Hopefully, that will work in our favor."

"Let's just hope it doesn't cost Ms. Dunham her life!" the detective commented as he walked away.

All searches turned up nothing in the way of solid evidence. It was as if this victim, too, had disappeared into thin air.