Sophi Bairley Two of her murders were committed through the use of proxies. Reid and Maeve Donovan only converse over the phone and have never met, as Maeve believed her stalker would target Reid. 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. 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. Lindsey subdues Reid and then drugs him with what appears to be the powerful dissociative agent scopolamine. Pathology Distinctly remembering the sound of her voice, Reid turns around and asks her if they met, but she replies that they haven't and introduces herself as Carol Atkinson. She spends most of her time accompanying Rossi, first to the crime scene and then when they approach a suspect named Frank Cowles, who purchased an unusual amount of preservatives, which they suspect is for the preservation of limbs taken from the victims. Contents 1 Background 2 All That Remains 3 Profile 4 Modus Operandi 5 Known Victims 6 Notes 7 Appearances Background The two of them were working at the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 was flown into it by Al-Qaeda terrorists. Reid then arrives at the scene and tries to talk Jack down, saying, "Jack, your life has been about violence, and, if you do this, Lindsey's will be, too. 2 killed1 attempted 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. The killed Katie and dumped her body and moved Lindsey elsewhere, unaware that Doug was dead. Susan Jacobs is an abductor and attempted murderer who appeared in the Season Three episode of Criminal Minds, "Seven Seconds". And now you know who I amand what I can dowhat I will doif you don't shut up! Morgan plays along to get Sera to lower the gun. Occupation There, he reveals that he knows Cat is lying about him indirectly fathering her baby, and that Wilkins was the real father, which shocks Lindsey. Status Her mother was later killed in a car crash intended to kill Jack. Children already know the dragons exist. Portrayed By Cook stared as Jennifer "JJ" Jareau in the long running hit TV show Criminal Minds. 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. 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. However, during her and Cat's campaign to frame Reid for murder, Lindsey started shooting her victims while they were facing her. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! As the investigation proceeds, the BAU team begin to suspect that what they're dealing with is bigger than they thought. While the marriage was at first a happy one, it fell apart when it became apparent Richard was a pedophile and was molesting their young niece, Katie, whom Susan came to irrationally blame for her failing home life. Showing this heroism sadly ends in his death by cremation. As a result, he is extradited back to the U.S. Immediately after Diana's visit, Lindsey manages to abduct her. By the case's conclusion, Kate watches as Hotch shoots the unsub dead before he could commit another 9/11-style attack. "What you do to me will be nothing compared to what my dad will do to you.". Sadly, Distress ends badly when the BAU sends in Woodridge's military friend by helicopter to calmly bring him in. However, he dismisses them as they do not meet certain standards for a serial killer case but encourages her in her career path and praises her determination. Instead of talking about what her father had done to her and her sister. She then immediately joins the rest of the BAU on the search of a serial killer called "The Mad Butcher of Bakersfield", who has already claimed three lives within a month-long span. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. 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. She first appears in the Season Three episode "3rd Life", where she was abducted by Ryan's Gang and was saved by her father Jack Vaughn, a former hitman. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. A family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. An admirer of Rossi's, she attends one of his lectures and brings forth her findings. When she does so, Reid, who had been keeping his gun trained over Sera's head the whole time, arrests her despite her protests. This is often caused by the characters in question appearing more frequently, the circumstances of an episode hitting differently, or even sometimes due to better writing. For the first time, Criminal Minds introduces a serious love interest for Reid. Sera Morrison is a psychopathic teenage killer who appeared in the Season Eight episode of Criminal Minds, "All That Remains". It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. All of these would point to Bruce being the killer, at the same time that would give her several strong alibis. Despite being a member of the original team, SSA Jason Gideon leaves toward the beginning of season 3, haunted by the failures he has accrued in his professional life. It has killed off a pair of former leads, but . Ryan Phillips was a budding serial killer, thrill killer, and the leader of a trio of abductors who appeared in the Season Three episode of Criminal Minds, "3rd Life". Name See production, box office & company info. A week after the death of the girl, Susan, her family, in-laws, and niece went to the mall for a day of shopping, with Susan claiming she planned on buying Richard a birthday present. Unfortunately, in her bid to prove there is a serial killer, Zoe unknowingly stumbles upon him and is killed. Wanting to avoid a slow and painful fate, Caroline chooses to overdose and invites Rossi to keep her company one last time. After he tells her about his past, she gets a call from Meg. Frankie Muniz popped up in a Season 3 episode of Criminal Minds shortly after his gig on Malcolm in the Middle ended. When the BAU get wind of this, they go to Mexico to assist the investigation, and eventually bring in Clara Seger and Matthew Simmons for further assistance. 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. Maybe one of the most outstanding episodes of the series. Gideon's body was carefully covered since actor Mandy Patinkin didn't want to return to Criminal Minds. Susan appears to be inspired by Susan Smith - Both are abductors and attempted murders of children in their family (though only Smith succeeded), had unhappy marriages, were motivated by trying to stay in a relationship (with Jacobs' husband and Smith's new boyfriend accordingly), used ruses to lure their children away and get them alone, filed false police reports to divert suspicion (Jacobs copied the murder of another girl at the mall, Smith alleged a fictitious black man killed her kids), portrayed the act of a mother in distress as part of their ruses, and share the same first name. Richard Jacobs is the pedophilic husband of abductor and attempted murderer Susan Jacobs, who appeared in the Season Three episode of Criminal Minds, "Seven Seconds". Meanwhile, the rest of the team hunt down the paramedic. She then takes a shotgun that was at the building and vanishes into the surrounding forest. The family subsequently went into the witness protection program for ten years, under the protection of U.S. RELATED: 5 Criminal Minds Storylines That Went Too Far. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! At least twelve victims killed during her time as a hitwoman. Do you want that? Cat manipulated and seduced both, though both were oblivious to the other's relationship with Cat. Life and career [ edit] Monroe was born on December 30, 1969, in Houston, Texas. 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. 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. She eventually became an investigator for Scotland Yard and made a reputation for herself. All of these happenings have shaped her patriotic attitude. Before Reid can stop her, Butler shuts the door in front of him as Reid yells out to him and to his mother. She receives a call from Meg, to whom she tells her love too. in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. JJ remembers how she was after her sister Roslyn died from committing suicide. Sera murders Katie there, beating her over the head and throwing her body into the river. She and Rossi bait Cowles into taking the limbs with him out of the house, and once he drives onto an abandoned trail, she leads the arrest on him. Aaron Hotchner: is here for your daughter. Jack then holds Ryan at gunpoint, with Lindsey yelling at her father to kill him, saying that Ryan killed Katie. Despite this, Rose was charged later and found guilty, sentenced to life in prison. As such, the unsub likely flunked out of or was expelled from school and had a record of petty crimes, such as theft. She appeared to be a normal girl, but in reality was a psychopath who was viciously jealous of her younger sister, Katie and hated her mother, Judy, whom Sera believed loved Katie more than her, starting from when Katie was born in 1999. In the meantime, Morgan and Reid show up to the house and find them. As he lies dying, Woodridge only asks if the child is okay before passing away. Sera Morrison Then, Reid remembers Lindsey from ten years ago. Great suspense. 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. Carol Atkinson. 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. Then, he pulls the trigger, killing Ryan. Sometime in 2012, a year prior to the episode's events, she orchestrated a plan to kill Judy and Katie and pin everything on her father, who was suffering from dissociative identity disorder. Female Aaron Hotchner: [opening voiceover] "Love never dies a natural death. After the fifth, she calls Hotch personally and requests the BAU's assistance. He was portrayed by Kendall Ryan Sanders . You're forgetting one thing. To taunt Hotch, George Foyet goes after his ex-wife Haley and their son, who have been sent into hiding. ", he replies, "Tomorrow." Due to the nature of Criminal Minds, there are plenty of sad deaths and gruesome murders. She is arrested and presumably incarcerated alongside Cat. JJ becomes increasingly suspicious of Sera's unusually calm behavior as the conversation shifted to the cold temperature of the house. When this fails, she chooses to end her life, taking Maeve with her as a final blow. Morgan has placed her on speaker phone so that the other investigators in the room can hear Garcia's information]. This forms the basis of this curious CM episode. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.". 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. In Season 5, Agent Hotchner (Thomas Gibson)'s ex-wife, Haley (Meredith Monroe), was also murdered by a serial killer seeking vengeance on Hotch. 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. Kate Joyner Gender Female Family Unnamed father Unnamed mother Occupation FBI agent Status Deceased ( murdered) Portrayed By Sienna Guillory Appeared In "Lo-Fi" "Mayhem" SSA Kate Joyner was a notable character who appeared in Seasons Three and Four of Criminal Minds . Former high school student Lindsey: (calmly, raising her cellphone) Waiting for a phone call. Very little is currently known about Kate's early years. She later reappears in Season Twelve as a member of Cat's gang, who plotted out a vendetta against Spencer Reid. This misconception has been used to discriminate against Romany people for decades, but it was debunked long ago. 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. Think about it: Criminal Minds is one of the rare TV shows that hasn't ever killed off a main character on-screen during the midst of an episode. Carol. No self-respecting cop wants to have his arse kicked by some broad with a posh British accent.SSA Joyner. Status When Hotch gets a text from JJ saying "Neighbor heard a fight Monday night," he taps the screen, and you can clearly see that it was picture 2 of 2 in the camera roll and not an actual text message. Stephen Walker only joined Criminal Minds during season 12 following Gibson's exit, where he was brought on to help find killer Mr. Scratch. Lindsey eventually brings Diana to Wilkins' cabin, where she kills him, rigs the house with bombs as a trap for the BAU, and patiently waits for Cat's call. After listening to the agent, Jack agrees that he needs to make changes in his life for the sake of Lindsey. No. He served with the McCrellan Corporation, a predominantly Irish mob in Boston. Her husband murdered at least twelve girls and she is believed to be a powerful and scary prisoner. First Appearance As a hitwoman, Lindsey's murders were all committed with the same handgun her father Jack used, a .50-caliber IMI Desert Eagle handgun, though she used hollow-point bullets instead of the regular brand. 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. (", She is able to know how many football fans live in a city through Google. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. of Victims 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. Sarah's patience and gentle demeanor as she goes to her death enhance the poignancy even more. (", 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'". She reached out to Jeff Godwin, her soccer coach and her mother's suspected lover, claiming that she needed a father figure. The dominant member of the unsubs is a man aged in his early to mid-twenties who has a flagrant disregard for the rules and a defiant attitude towards figures of authority. Kate joins the BAU in "X" after Hotch sees her record and is impressed by its credentials. As a result, Reid is sent to Millburn Correctional Facility in the next episode, and spends the next few episodes imprisoned there. In February 2020, the minds behind Criminal Minds finally closed up shop after 15 long years, two spin-offs, a video game, and more.Though the series remained about the FBI's Behavioral Analysis . In all of her hits, she used the same weapon Jack once used during his days as a hitman. Upon finding him, the paramedic slashes his own throat to avoid capture. During this time, Kate dies in surgery, despite the doctors' best efforts. Kate and Hotch are about to get into an FBI SUV when a bomb placed under it is detonated by one of the terrorists, injuring Hotch and mortally wounding Kate. They soon became his partners-in-crime. Reid notes the necklace and earrings were Sera's trophies; he figures Sera would have pinned it all on her father if the lead detective had found them. 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. However, she later tells Prentiss that she believes he manufactured the memory in a desperate attempt to find an answer behind his circumstances. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Making sure to stay off of security cameras, Susan lured Katie away by calling her name. 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. When the daughters of Bruce Morrison, a writer whose wife mysteriously vanished a year ago, go missing on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, the BAU is brought in to study Morrison as a possible suspect. Killing their U.S. The whole thing is very well done. Upon the discovery that there are at least three different shooters, Kate has the BAU members, as well as NYPD officers, patrol the streets. 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. First Appearance When Younger lets the two go, the BAU locates Younger, who has not moved and is content in his victory. - Anas Nin, This is the first episode to be directed by. Dean Norris (Det. Known Victims October 20, 2007: Katie Jacobs (her niece; abducted and attempted to kill; was rescued) Appearances Season Three Being a police procedural show, Criminal Minds sees many character deaths over fifteen seasons. As the team reports back to the parents of the missing children, one couple is heartbroken to learn that their son is already gone and that he was alive only yesterday. Ryan being killed in front of him also had an adverse of affect on Reid, causing his cravings for dilaudid to return over time. Do you want that? abducted from the mall and later found dead. She and Richard are arrested for their crimes, while Katie is found and resuscitated a short time later. However, some deaths are especially upsetting. Matthew Gray Gubler Shares Heartfelt Goodbye to 'Criminal Minds' as Series Ends After 15 Years The actor starred as Dr. Spencer Reid on the CBS show since 2005 By Benjamin VanHoose Published on. 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. Lying on the floor, Ryan begs for his life while Lindsey begins yelling at her father to kill her captor for what he did to Katie. Cook. Due to being in the Witness Protection Program when he killed Ryan, Jack is able to get away with murdering Ryan. Marshal, Foyet gets through Haley's defenses by posing as their new Marshal, making her meet him at her house, then claiming that Hotch has been killed to make her call him. On the first anniversary of Judy's disappearance, "Johnny" takes the girls to an abandoned building in the forest, located near a river, and leaves them as a way to scare them. Director Anthony Hemingway Writers Jeff Davis Simon Mirren Stars Joe Mantegna Paget Brewster Shemar Moore Male 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. (Jack Vaughn cocks his stolen shotgun and ambushes Ryan, bludgeoning him), (Reid remembers the murder of Ryan Phillips). While dialogue in this episode stresses that the murder ritual of these unsubs is uncharacteristic of the Romany people, the episode still reinforces another harmful stereotype - that Romany people are often thieves or grifters. Considering that she was in witness protection and her entire background was taken out of a book, it is extremely likely that Lindsey Vaughn isn't even her real name. Lindsey was born on April 13, 1990. As his parents are taken away by the authorities, Jeremy admits to Reid and Morgan that he heard Katie call his mother's name. Once Reid returns to the U.S., Prentiss hires a lawyer, Fiona Duncan, for him. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. They found out about Peter Lewis and his connection with the BAU, and decided to use his M.O. However, when asked "When is the violence going to end? As her in-laws demand to know what she did to Katie, Susan is taken in for questioning. Contents 1 Background 2 3rd Life 3 Profile 4 Modus Operandi 5 Known Victims 6 Appearances Background 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. Eventually, Kate is attacked by Parkett, who tries to kill her with a machete, but is shot and killed by Hotch. 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. 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. With Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Contents 1 Background 2 Lo-Fi (Part 1) 3 Mayhem (Part 2) 4 Notes 5 Appearances She then left the team in the season finale due to her pregnancy. Morgan takes the ambulance, which contains a bomb, and drives it to an open lawn where it detonates without injuring anyone. 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 2016, Lindsey started stalking Reid for months and thus learned about his trips to Mexico between November 2016 and January 2017. "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. When does it end, Jack?" In the episode, her post-abduction life is revealed. Unclassified Killer Soon after, JJ and Reid discover the necklace and earrings taken from Judy after her murder in the planner; February 4th, which was the day Judy went missing. Riley Smith 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. 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). She is based in Canfield, Ohio, has worked at Pizza Joe's and GetGo, and has held more than one writing-based internship. A death-row prisoner from season 1's "Riding The Lightning," Sarah Jean Mason is introduced as the wife of another death-row inmate. Claiming he didn't technically kill Kelly, Younger bitterly points out how it showcases the towns' true nature: they turned on each other just as the town turned on him by neglecting him after his sports injury. One night, Lindsey and Katie went to watch a movie at the theater. In "Breath Play", Kate announces that she's pregnant with her first child, causing Meg to act out, fearing she will be ignored when the child is born. At the end of the episode, Kate reunites with Meg and tells her that she loves her. In season 10's "Nelson's Sparrow," the BAU hears that Gideon was murdered by an uncaught unsub. 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. 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. When Katie's parents notice her disappearance, Susan called the authorities, who in turn called in the BAU to help with the case, believing Katie's abduction may be related to the one from a week earlier. Eventually, a paramedic (another one of the terrorists), drives to the site, picks Kate and Hotch up, and drives them to a nearby hospital. Lindsey: (to Ryan Phillips) What you do to me will be nothing compared to what my dad will do to you. 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. While waiting, Prentiss reveals a recorded conversation Cat has with Reid. SSA Kate Joynerwas a notable character who appeared in Seasons Three and Four of Criminal Minds. With 'Criminal Minds', some seasons are better than others and every season has a mixture of outstanding, great, very good, good, average, mediocre and bad episodes. MarshalPat Mannan. While Jeremy, who was supposed to be watching Katie, was distracted in the arcade, Susan approached her niece and led her away. When does it end, Jack?" Every example is undoubtedly saddening since it represents another human being whom the BAU fails to save, despite the impossible circumstances and their dedication to their job. 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Sera was noted to be meticulous; orchestrating a very detailed plan on pinning the deaths of her mother and sister on her father. Portrayed By Deceased(murdered) This said, lesser episodes of Seasons 1-4 (with possible exception of "Machismo") are better than the lesser episodes of Season 6 onwards. Over the following year, she orchestrated events for her next murder. However, JJ deduced that she was a psychopath from her unusually calm attitude and her lack of mourning for her sister. Taking place in Criminal Minds' 100th episode, Haley's death is both significant and memorable for being the first time a BAU teammate's family member is killed. Marshal, Foyet gets through Haley's defenses by posing as their new Marshal, making her meet him at her house, then claiming that Hotch has been killed to make her call him.