"Morgan and Rossi - Good – You're here!" Hotch greeted them as they walked into the conference room. "Blake and Reid just arrived, so we can get started."
After Reid had finished doctoring a cup of coffee and everyone had settled around the table, Blake began her analysis. "I think we can say we definitely have two unsubs," she stated. "According to what we found out from the Washtenaw County coroner, the MO on Lillian Williams is identical to the one for the Jane Doe from last year. It is so specific it has to be the same person."
"Did the police have a suspect in that case?" JJ asked.
"Initially, yes," Reid replied. "His name was Roger Steadman. However, he disappeared before they could bring him in for questioning, and they didn't have any concrete evidence to justify going after him."
"And, you think he is back?" Morgan suggested.
"There is that possibility," Blake said. "We spoke with Garcia and she is trying to locate him."
"If he got away with murder once, he probably thinks he can do it again," Rossi observed.
"Okay, we now have one old unsub and one new unsub," Hotch summarized. "Where does the skeleton fit into all this? Is it possible there is a third unsub?"
"That's something I need to talk with Garcia about," Reid told him as he pulled the computer across the table and began pushing buttons.
"Dr. Smyth from the university thinks that the bones are at least between 30 and 40 years old, possibly older, and that they have been repeatedly handled," Blake explained as they waited for the call to go through.
"Where do you think they could have come from?" JJ asked.
"I have an idea," Reid had a picture on the computer screen. "Garcia?"
"My BFF's Most Favorite Husband!" Garcia greeted him cheerfully. "I was just getting ready to call my most favorite team. I think I have some answers that you can use."
"Let's start with what you've found, Garcia," Hotch suggested.
"You, my most favorite boss man, asked me to run a further check on Dr. Donald Snow," the tech began. "And, as I said before, initially he seemed clean as a whistle. However, upon checking further, I did discover one interesting fact."
"And, that is?" Rossi asked.
"His long time lab tech recently retired," Garcia replied. "And, his replacement is Miss Cynthia Newton."
"Okay, Mama!" Morgan spoke up. "I know there is more - Spit it out!."
"Well, judging from her school records and class transcripts she is quite intelligent and more than capable of handling the job," Garcia reported. "And, judging from her portrait from last year's Miss Country Fair competition, she is also quite attractive."
"Is there any indication of hanky-panky between the two of them?" Blake asked.
"Yes and no," Garcia replied. "It appears that Dr. Snow's charges at the company cafeteria have gone up recently. And, he has also written off several catered lunches on his expense report. I can't find where he has ever done that before."
"Plus, his cell phone records show several after hours calls to her since she started working for him, and I can't find where he ever called his previous tech after hours," she concluded.
"But, no motel bills or anything like that?" JJ asked.
"Unfortunately, No," Garcia conceded.
"The assumption is that Dr. Snow decided to dispose of his current wife before attempting to acquire a new one," Blake concluded.
"Mid-life crises?" Rossi suggested.
"That could tie into my question," Reid spoke up. "It concerns the skeleton. Garcia, was Dr. Snow ever in medical school or did he ever work as a student assistant in a biological lab?"
"You are asking whether he had access to an old skeleton," Garcia assumed. "Not that I found. However, I remember there was something. Let me check."
The team could hear her keyboarding and then they heard her crowing.
"You, my most favorite genius, are not the only one with a great memory!" she cheered. "I knew I saw this! It seems that the building Dr. Snow works in was at one time The Martindale Medical School - An independent institution specializing in training medical doctors. When it merged with the University in Toledo, a number of years ago, the building and the surrounding property were sold to Center Line Labs. And, I just know that your next question going to be whether it is possible that there were some medical specimens left behind - Right?"
"It used to be common practice for medical schools to use real human skeletons in their training," Rossi recalled.
"Not that I am old enough to remember that," he quickly added.
"We need to check," Hotch declared. "Garcia, who is the head of the lab?"
"That would be Dr. Marilee Chung," Garcia quickly replied. "It looks like she was hired by the lab about ten months ago as the CEO. Address and contact information have been sent to your phones."
"That would account for Alana Merriweather's close escape," JJ observed. "Dr. Snow wouldn't have had any problem getting close to his wife. She probably just walked over to him and climbed into his car."
"After which he drove her somewhere and – " Reid left the rest unsaid.
"There is one other thing," Garcia quickly added.
"Yes?" Morgan asked.
"I also did a search for any other murders that matched Lillian Williams and Jane Doe," Garcia reported. "And, I found at least one."
"Where and when, Garcia?" Hotch asked.
"About six months ago, just outside Columbus, OH," was the reply. "I am sending a copy of the coroner's report through to you even as we speak."
"Columbus, OH?" Reid questioned. "There are several colleges and universities in that area, too. Could our unsub be a student?"
"Or a Prof?" Blake asked.
"Or one of those people who just likes to hang around colleges?" Rossi added.
"Three murders - We now officially have a serial killer," Hotch declared as he quickly flipped through the new file Garcia had sent to his tablet. "Add this new information to what we already have, and I think we are ready to give our profile."