Kate also is willing to "go to great lengths to get her job done". She was motivated by anger and jealousy towards her sister, Katie, who she believed has ruined her life from the moment she was born and how her mother let her; which is why JJ believes that Sera chose the 1999 labeled box to put Judy's necklace and earrings because it was the year Katie was born. Penelope Garcia: I charge extra for groups. It is also safe to speculate that he, along with Taylor and Doug, raped Katie as well, as he later tried to rape Lindsey, and may have done so beforehand as well. Reid and Maeve Donovan only converse over the phone and have never met, as Maeve believed her stalker would target Reid. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Instead, she intended to follow in her father's footsteps and thus became a hitwoman, working with a number of drug cartels operating along the U.S.-Mexico border, and claiming at least fifteen victims. "3rd Life" may be a lesser episode of Season 3 (which to me is a solid season and generally among the better ones of 'Criminal Minds'), "Birthright" being another. Teens Are Monsters: The UnSub of this episode is a teenage girl who murdered her mother, murdered her younger sister a year later, and tried to frame her unstable, alcoholic father for both killings, all because she was convinced (incorrectly) that her mom loved her sister more than her. During the murder of Ryan Phillips, she convinced Jack to shoot him to death with a shotgun. Meredith Leigh Monroe (born December 30, 1969) is an American actress best known for portraying Andie McPhee on Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003, her recurring role as Haley Hotchner on Criminal Minds and Carolyn Standall on 13 Reasons Why . We need to talk. See production, box office & company info. Abduction and rapeLigature strangulationStabbing (once) You don't know, do you Who I am? Showing this heroism sadly ends in his death by cremation. Status They soon became his partners-in-crime. Aaron Hotchner: [opening voiceover] "Love never dies a natural death. Kate is taken into surgery while Hotch and the rest of the BAU realize that whoever is in surgery, as well as the hospital itself, is the terrorists' actual target. Dean Norris (Det. Sometime later, she left Scotland Yard to work for the FBI and eventually obtained a high position at its New York office. As the investigation proceeds, the BAU team begin to suspect that what they're dealing with is bigger than they thought.A family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. The necklace Katie wore being ripped from her neck and tossed in the trash indicated an unsub driven by rage and a personal vendetta, not one driven by lust, who would not bother to waste time committing such a seemingly pointless act. She asks to talk with her father, so she is brought to the precinct and into the interrogation room where he is held. Though it is unknown how Judy died, it can be assumed that Sera applied blunt-force trauma to her as well. All of these happenings have shaped her patriotic attitude. John Barton) Speaking of Breaking Bad cast members, Dean Norris is still known best to this day for his role as Hank Schrader - devoted DEA agent and unsuspecting brother-in-law . Ryan also tied Lindsey up and held her captive in the school washroom, with Taylor's help. MarshalPat Mannan. The victims, all of them living along the Texas-Mexico border, were shot in the back of the head execution-style. While Kelly attempts to convince Polly to kill Brooke, Brooke manages to sneak up on Kelly and strike her first. Afterwards, they were approached by three males led by former high school student Ryan Phillips, who Katie had a crush on. The team realizes he tried to back out of the abduction but the other 2 unsubs stabbed him and thought he'd run to the police. She physically reappears at the end of the episode when she comes to the prison at the visitor's area where Reid and Diana are. She makes her presence known to JJ, who reacts swiftly and mimics a conversation with her own son, when in fact she is relaying her suspicions to Blake, Morgan, and Reid. It's nice to meet you. Name Budding Serial KillerThrill KillerAbductorRapist Investigating, the BAU finally come across her, disheveled and apparently in shock, and take her to the hospital, still thinking she is a victim. When Haley realizes her situation, it is too late, and she sends her son to hide. She resumes the interview on the next day, and Reid seems to remember the murder a little more clearly, recalling someone spraying a fine mist in his face during the attack in the motel; this matched Peter's M.O. Cat manipulated and seduced both, though both were oblivious to the other's relationship with Cat. As her in-laws demand to know what she did to Katie, Susan is taken in for questioning. Eventually, a paramedic (another one of the terrorists), drives to the site, picks Kate and Hotch up, and drives them to a nearby hospital. Status Morgan also concluded that her wounds were more self-inflicted than superficial. After the eighth murder, after which Detective Cooper of the NYPD is shot and injured, Rossi and Reid realize that the shootings were the groundwork for a terrorist attack. Wanting what Maeve has to prove her superiority, Diane attempts to come between Reid and Maeve. They found out about Peter Lewis and his connection with the BAU, and decided to use his M.O. To taunt Hotch, George Foyet goes after his ex-wife Haley and their son, who have been sent into hiding. Daniel "Danny" Murphy, Jr. is the main antagonist of the Criminal Minds episode "A Shade of Gray". First Appearance She calls him the first man who never let her down and quietly passes away. She then pinned Nadie's murder on Reid by stashing drugs away in the trunk of his vehicle, then luring him out to the desert to be found by Mexican police. Do you want that? Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner: G.K. Chesterton wrote, "Fairy tales do not tell children dragons exist. Morgan plays along to get Sera to lower the gun. A family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. Being a police procedural show, Criminal Minds sees many character deaths over fifteen seasons. Walker was a family man and a respected agent, but despite appearing in most of season 12, he didn't get much . He locks the girls in a room with no food or water and forces the girls to choose one to die. Male No official profile of Sera was made since the investigation was focused on her father. Lindsey was also presumably raped during this time. As the team search for the girls, it leads them to an online sex trafficking led by the unsub. Kate joins the BAU in "X" after Hotch sees her record and is impressed by its credentials. On January 5, 2008, Ryan, Doug, and Taylor approached a girl named Katie Owen, who had a crush on Ryan, outside a theater and offered her a ride, which she accepted, with her friend, Lindsey Vaughn, reluctantly tagging along. In 2016 or 2017, Lindsey somehow got into contact with Cat Adams, another hitwoman who had been manipulated into surrendering by Reid and subsequently imprisoned. At the end of the episode, she is seen standing with Reid and JJ on a memorial to the unsub's victims, overlooking the scene of the plane crash. AJ has gone on to star in both dramatic (Back Fork, Final Destination 2) and comedic films (Out Cold). According to Erica Messer, Kate is "smart, charming, and wise for her years". No official profile of Lindsey was made by the BAU, though Reid stated that she followed in her father's footsteps because of their complicated relationship and because she was a "daddy's girl". Criminal Minds debuted in 2005 and set itself apart from other law-enforcement dramas of the time by putting a focus on a team of FBI agents profiling serial killers. Sera eventually murdered Judy during a blackout on February 4 and disposed of the evidence, letting her father take the brunt of suspicion. No. At some point during her time there, she liaised with Hotch, with whom she later became good friends. She went through a big loss during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as her sister Liz and brother-in-law Joe were among the thousands of victims. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. She especially excelled in writing, most likely taking after her father, Bruce. 7. Susan Jacobs is an abductor and attempted murderer who appeared in the Season Three episode of Criminal Minds, "Seven Seconds". Contents 1 Background 2 All That Remains 3 Profile 4 Modus Operandi 5 Known Victims 6 Notes 7 Appearances Background After listening to the agent, Jack agrees that he needs to make changes in his life for the sake of Lindsey. Among the killers in the "Criminal Minds" credits are infamous California cult leader Charles Manson, handsome serial killer Ted Bundy, manifesto-writing "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, so-called "Killer Clown" John Wayne Gacy, Son of Sam murderer David Berkowitz, and cannibalistic maniac Jeffrey Dahmer. Both the men and the girls shake hands, and Lindsey introduces herself as "Katie". First Appearance Arriving at the scene, Reid begins trying to talk Jack down, stating, "Jack, your life has been about violence, and, if you do this, Lindsey's will be, too. Then, she plants drugs in his car and convinces Reid to chase her to the desert. Gideon's body was carefully covered since actor Mandy Patinkin didn't want to return to Criminal Minds. However, some deaths are especially upsetting. One of Rossi's ex-wives, Caroline, had made several appearances on Criminal Minds as the two have a strong friendship. The unit works against the clock when a little girl disappears in a mall, believing a serial killer has struck a second time and the first girl died within an hour of abduction.The unit works against the clock when a little girl disappears in a mall, believing a serial killer has struck a second time and the first girl died within an hour of abduction.The unit works against the clock when a little girl disappears in a mall, believing a serial killer has struck a second time and the first girl died within an hour of abduction. Kate had dual citizenship from her British father and American mother. The effect is still painful as Reid struggles again with the loss of his father figure, this time for good. During the investigation, Kate befriends Garcia over their shared knowledge of cute photos. The team soon suspects that the killings are related to the witness protection program. It was also mentioned that she once worked with SSAAndi Swannand her Domestic Trafficking Task Force. The girls being taken from a well lit, alley-less, and crowded area also implicates they were acquainted with their abductor and went with him willingly. When she orchestrated the murder of Nadie Ramos, she drugged Reid with what appeared to be scopolamine and forced him to stab Nadie to death with a knife. Unsub Marcus Younger of season 2's "North Mammon" abducts three local teenage girls and throws them into a game of life and death. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. It's something I've been meaning to do all along. Lindsey Vaughn (real name unknown) is a prolific, international, and psychopathic serial killer, hitwoman, proxy killer, stalker, gangster, one-time copycat, one-time cop killer, one-time abductor, and one-time arsonist. Eventually, Ryan strangled Katie to death with a belt the next day. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. After allowing her father to ask for her forgiveness, she starts a confrontation with him, presenting her scars, asking about her mother's whereabouts, and angrily demanding that he confess. In "A Thousand Suns", after a passenger jet suspiciously crashes in Colorado, she tells Reid about the deaths of her sister and brother-in-law on 9/11. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Cook. I am like a Boy Scout, sir. However, during her and Cat's campaign to frame Reid for murder, Lindsey started shooting her victims while they were facing her. Played by Brad Dourif, Adam Rain turned his victims into human marionettes. Gender Blake concluded that her writing suggested no empathy and no real emotional connection to her family; psychopathic tendencies as Reid added. Great suspense. You're forgetting one thing. Contents 1 Personality 2 Biography 3 Gallery 4 Trivia of Victims Katie's death caused Doug to panic and want out; when he tried to escape, Ryan stabbed him several times with a knife. Sera Morrison is a psychopathic teenage killer who appeared in the Season Eight episode of Criminal Minds, "All That Remains". A family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. Morgan takes the ambulance, which contains a bomb, and drives it to an open lawn where it detonates without injuring anyone. Morgan has placed her on speaker phone so that the other investigators in the room can hear Garcia's information]. While distrusting many men thanks to the pain she has suffered, Megan comes to form an oddly trustful bond with Hotch over his attempt to do the right thing and his relationship with his son. Because it takes her months to capture a criminal, whereas the BAU captures their unsubs weekly, she finds herself having to adapt to that schedule. (", She is able to know how many football fans live in a city through Google. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Her first big role came in the Critically Acclaimed Independent film The Virgin Suicides, directed by Sofia Coppola. Not knowing his attack on Doug was fatal, the boy having managed to run some distance and hide before finally succumbing to his injuries, Ryan believed he was going to the police, dumped Katie's body in a nearby construction site, destroying her face and hands to delay the identification process, and took Lindsey to the closed Mayford High School. (", She was the tenth candidate applying for the vacancy left by, She reveals herself to be very clumsy, remarking that her mother used to tell her "if clumsiness was a virtue, she'd be anointed 'Katherine the First'". As the investigation proceeds, the BAU team begin to suspect that what they're A family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. When Prentiss shoves a doll that Katie had mutilated and disfigured in response to the abuse she suffered, which Susan undoubtedly knew about, into her face, Susan finally breaks down. Because of back lighting, you can see through the photo, and it is Douglas's school picture. The unexpected murder caused one of his accomplices to panic and try to report Ryan, but Ryan stabbed him to death before he could do so. Over the following year, she orchestrated events for her next murder. As the investigation proceeds, the BAU team begin to suspect that what they're dealing with is bigger than they thought. Sera Morrison is a psychopathic teenage killer who appeared in the Season Eight episode of Criminal Minds, "All That Remains". When Maeve's stalker comes out of the shadows, it is revealed to be Diane Turner. Making sure to stay off of security cameras, Susan lured Katie away by calling her name. She and Richard are arrested for their crimes, while Katie is found and resuscitated a short time later. Gender Instead, the trio took them to an abandoned house on the outskirts of town, where they sadistically raped and tortured Katie for hours while Lindsey watched. Micaela Kreuzwieser is a 2020 graduate of Saint Vincent College with a B.A. After Reid turns down the offer, the knife used to kill Nadie is found in the Mexican desert, leading to another plea bargain of five to ten years in prison. Lindsey: (to Ryan Phillips) You really are as dumb as you look. Adam Rain ("The Lesson") When Messer polled the writers' room, this haunting criminal's name came up. Micaela is currently a List Writer for CBR and Valnet, Inc. She receives a call from Meg, to whom she tells her love too. (", Her earliest childhood fear was a girl named Melissa Gordoner, who was presumably the neighborhood bully. Walker was a newcomer to the BAU and the series, as he was brought on in the wake of the departure of Thomas Gibson as Hotch. In the meantime, Morgan and Reid show up to the house and find them. Born in 1995, Sera was a high-school senior with a 4.0 GPA who had accepted an early admission to Stanford. To taunt Hotch, George Foyet goes after his ex-wife Haley and their son, who have been sent into hiding. [Morgan and Garcia are speaking to each other on the telephone. She eventually became an investigator for Scotland Yard and made a reputation for herself. All of these would point to Bruce being the killer, at the same time that would give her several strong alibis. Director Anthony Hemingway Writers Jeff Davis Simon Mirren Stars Joe Mantegna Paget Brewster Shemar Moore In "Lockdown", Kate, along with Morgan and Officer Tom Polinsky, are taken hostage by Weeks' accomplices during a prison riot and was almost raped by Don Black, who took a sexual interest in her before deciding to beat Polinsky when he began to lose too much blood and Black was shot and killed by a police sniper, while the others are arrested by a SWAT team. This misconception has been used to discriminate against Romany people for decades, but it was debunked long ago. Susan originally worked at a local shopping mall in Potomac Mills, Virginia before quitting to pursue another career, eventually meeting and marrying Richard Jacobs, with whom she had a son named Jeremy. When the New York Terrorist Cell were posing as a serial shooter, a joint FBI-NYPD task force led by Kate to catch him was formed after the fourth murder. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. She may have been partially based on Sue Edwards, the brief accomplice of Richard Allen Davis (who was mentioned in the episode) - Both were accomplices to a pedophilic abductor and have nearly identical names. In reality, Kate was written out of the show due to Hewitt's real-life pregnancy, and Hewitt too wanted to focus on her baby. When trying to figure out the identity of Douglas Silverman, the first of the group of boys to be found dead, Reid lists off his physical attributes from a picture of the boy's body to help Garcia narrow down possible kids. As a result, Reid is sent to Millburn Correctional Facility in the next episode, and spends the next few episodes imprisoned there. Sera seems to have been based on at least two unsubs from the show's past. Considered one of Criminal Minds' best episodes, "Mosley Lane" tells the story of a couple who kidnaps children and imprisons them in their home. However, the federal government refuses to provide legal assistance for Reid, because he was never in Mexico for official government business. Eventually, Kate is attacked by Parkett, who tries to kill her with a machete, but is shot and killed by Hotch. The Bond: Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper. Deceased(murdered) Bruce Morrison (father)Judy Morrison (mother; deceased)Katie Morrison (sister; deceased)Unnamed paternal grandmother (deceased)Unnamed paternal grandfather (status unknown) At the end of Mosley Lane, the FBI has tracked down the couple and rescued the surviving children. The gore factor is lower in this one also. At least twelve victims killed during her time as a hitwoman. She then left the team in the season finale due to her pregnancy. Sera was noted to be meticulous; orchestrating a very detailed plan on pinning the deaths of her mother and sister on her father. She is arrested and presumably incarcerated alongside Cat. She is extremely skilled at manipulating criminals, who usually fall for her beauty and giving her leeway in her cases. Katie's abductor used coercion instead of force to take her, indicating that this person was either someone she knew or someone of visible authority. Pathology of Victims Eventually, Jack decided to turn against the "corporation" and testify against them when they went on trial for their criminal activities. As a result, she follows him back to Mexico, tracks him down to a local motel room, and attacks him and a doctor he has been constantly visiting, Nadie Ramos. By the case's conclusion, Kate shoots and kills the unsub as he is in the process of trying to kill JJ and an abducted victim. Sera took her mother's pearl necklace and earrings as trophies and placed them inside a planner dating the day of her disappearance, February 4th; Sera also chose to put her trophies a storage box in the basement labeled '1999' because it was the year Katie was born. The prosecutor offers a deal in which Reid pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in exchange for a sentence of two to five years in prison. He is a sociopathic child who murders his own brother, Kyle, and allows his parents and a family friend to frame someone else for the crime. Rossi can only hold her close as she falls unconscious and he buries her next to their child, implied to be one of the factors that led to their marriage ending. After he tells her about his past, she gets a call from Meg. In 2007, a girl the same age as Katie was abducted from the mall and later found dead, news which prompted Susan into enacting a desperate plan which she believed could save her marriage. Carol. After deducing that Cowles was obsessed with limbs but doesn't have the capacity to kill people, Kate accompanies the rest of the BAU to the secondary residence of the real unsub, identified as Steven Parkett. Two of her murders were committed through the use of proxies. As the investigation proceeds, the BAU team begin to suspect that what they're dealing with is bigger than they thought. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! In "A Thousand Suns", after a passenger jet suspiciously crashes in Colorado, she tells Reid about the deaths of her sister and brother-in-law on 9/11. They are: April 5, Los Aldamas, Mexico: Hector Martinez, June 12, Agualeguas, Mexico: Manuael Valdez, September 30, Roma, Texas, U.S.: John Williams, May 5, Endinburg, Texas, U.S.: Melanie Clark, August 10, Valle Hermoso, Mexico: Jorge Munoz, October 1, Rio Bravo, Mexico: Geraldo Garcia, March 17, Zapata, Texas, U.S.: Robert Duncan, November 13, Elsa, Texas, U.S.: Sam Jones. The stress causes her to almost pass out. Susan irrationally blamed her failing marriage not on her husband's pedophilia but on her niece and believed that by removing her from the picture, she could reconcile with Richard (failing to or refusing to accept the reality that her husband was a pedophile). The BAU goes to St. Louis when an 18-year old woman escapes from a house where she and 2 other women were held for a decade. "What you do to me will be nothing compared to what my dad will do to you.". They were an English couple to killed dozens of young British girls. She then takes a shotgun that was at the building and vanishes into the surrounding forest. While successful at first, Woodridge moves to protect a child and a SWAT sniper shoots him, thinking he means to harm. After the fifth, she calls Hotch personally and requests the BAU's assistance. She set up character witnesses like Jeff Godwin to back up her fear, getting Katie to make calls to a hotline, even JJ noticed this trait when Sera planned to use PTSD as an excuse to attack and possibly kill JJ when she held her up at gunpoint. (", She owns three guns. Lindsey: One way or anotheryou're gonna die. As such, the unsub likely flunked out of or was expelled from school and had a record of petty crimes, such as theft. abducted from the mall and later found dead. Of the main cast members who were still on the show when Criminal Minds came to an end in Season 15, Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, Aisha Tyler as Tara. in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. Then, Reid remembers Lindsey from ten years ago. Potomac Mills Mall is all a single level (no stairs or escalators). During the entire episode, she is shown visibly affected by the case, which bears eerie similarities to 9/11. Very little is currently known about Kate's early years. This forms the basis of this curious CM episode. October 2016(? Killing their U.S. I should've cried for Katie. When she does so, Reid, who had been keeping his gun trained over Sera's head the whole time, arrests her despite her protests. Sarah's patience and gentle demeanor as she goes to her death enhance the poignancy even more. With this as proof that Cat is more interested in playing a game with Reid than being faithful to Lindsey, Prentiss convinces her to surrender. Due to the nature of Criminal Minds, there are plenty of sad deaths and gruesome murders. When does it end, Jack?" Cat: (to Lindsey via cellphone) Kill her. RELATED: Criminal Minds: 10 Best Profilers In The BAU, Ranked. Fred was found guilty and died in prison, but said he did it alone. Lindsey: (to Ryan Phillips) What you do to me will be nothing compared to what my dad will do to you. Soon afterwards, they find Nadie's body in the motel room, and the Mexican officers quickly cast suspicion on Reid, though the BAU believe in his innocence and assume it was the work of Peter Lewis, an escaped serial killer by proxy who is known to antagonize the BAU. Five years after the events of 3rd Life, Lindsey left the witness protection program while Jack remained to testify against the McCrellan Corporation, which was apparently dismantled as a result. Modus Operandi Reid tells Lindsey her real name, but she denies it and tells him her alias name. "3rd Life". But I know who you areLindsey. Taking both of the girls to an abandoned house on the outskirts of town, Ryan and his friends sadistically tortured Katie for hours, with the torture culminating in Ryan strangling her to death with a belt the next day. In season 10's "Nelson's Sparrow," the BAU hears that Gideon was murdered by an uncaught unsub. She also cut off Bruce's medications, allowing his sadistic alternate personality called "Johnny" to slip through. They find out that the hospital is closed as a government official is in surgery there, but Hotch manages to convince the Secret Service agent to let the ambulance in. Occupation JJ comforts her, admitting that she is a mother, in order to help her talk about what had happened. She later reappears in Season Twelve as a member of Cat's gang, who plotted out a vendetta against Spencer Reid. For the first time, Criminal Minds introduces a serious love interest for Reid. Suddenly, Reid remembers that the woman who framed him said the same thing and realizes that Lindsey is that woman. Modus Operandi