"For heaven’s sake catch me
before I kill more I cannot control myself"-The Lipstick killer 1945
In Seattle Washington a woman is
looking to buy- a retro sports-car that is listed at a surprisingly low price.
After the seller offers a test drive, she agrees, but he didn't want to sell
her the car, he wanted to kidnap and kill her. The BAU gets brought into the
case after four dead people were found and locals called the un-sub (unknown
subject) the "Seattle Strangler". He keeps his victims for seven days
then strangles them long after they are dead because he "enjoys it".
When the BAU team arrives, they don’t want to view a suspect list to keep their
perspective unbiased, and Gideon believes he is in his early twenties because
of "beautiful arrogance". The victims were clothed which is a sign of
remorse, yet the un-sub viewed women as disposable, which created a conflicting
profile.
Profile: Un-sub is a white male in
his late 20's. The violent nature of the crimes indicates a previous crime
record, most likely petty theft. They categorize him as an organized killer,
which means he is careful and smart. The un-sub is also psychopathic not
psychotic and has good hygiene. All the murders involved rape, “but rape without
penetration is a form of picquerism, which tells the BAU that he is sexually
inadequate”. Psychiatric evaluations should show a history of paranoia stemming
from a childhood trauma (death of family member), so he now he feels persecuted
and watched. Murder gives the un-sub a sense of power: organized killers have a
fascination with law enforcement, and will inject themselves into the
investigation, which makes them feel powerful and in control. Because of this,
Gideon knows the police already interviewed him.
Later, the police finds one of the
un-subs, and go through his home in order to try to find the girl, and to better
understand the killer. In his attic, there is a game called "go",
considered to be the most difficult board game ever conceived, and he was
playing himself on it. "Go" is a psychologically revealing game, and
there are profiles for every player. Judging by the game, Spencer Reid is able
to analyze that he is an extreme aggressor. In result of the conflicting
profile, the BAU is able to determine that there are two different un-subs. In
an attempt to find the second, they go to the jail in which the first un-sub
was held to try to figure out if he made any friendships. While there, they
talk to the security officer who always patrolled the area and he said
"Half our job is protecting them from each other". The man’s name was
Timothy Vogel, and he was the owner of the sports car used to abduct the girl
at the beginning of the episode. They follow the car after it leaves the jail,
but soon realize he tricked them, and was going to murder the girl and dump the
body.
During a interview with the first
un-sub, Hodge begins to talk about “reciprocity”: when the car dealer lowers
the price as a favor, and the buyer feels obligated. He uses this as a
comparison between the two un-subs and how they are manipulating and using each
other as leverage.
They realize the girl is being kept
on a boat, and rush to the shipyard to save her. When they arrive, the second un-sub
is threatening to kill the girl, but Gideon taunts him saying things such as :"I
wouldn’t if I were you. If you kill the girl, you have nothing, kill me
instead." or "What are you a lousy shot" and "I think
you're a moron. You're at the gym five times a week. Not even Viagra helps. I
wonder what they used to call you back in high school. Short stack? Tiny Tim?"
With those words, the un-sub cracks and shoots Gideon in the arm, which gives
the the police enough time to save the girl.
“The belief in a supernatural
source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every
wickedness." –Joseph Conrad
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