Kate joins the BAU in "X" after Hotch sees her record and is impressed by its credentials. This prompted him to become a petty criminal. 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. Killing their U.S. 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. In "Pleasure Is My Business," Megan Kane is introduced as someone who murders the corrupt men that deny their divorced wives and children the alimony they deserve. Director Thomas Gibson Writers Jeff Davis Erica Messer Kimberly A. Harrison (executive story editor) Stars Joe Mantegna Shemar Moore JJ comforts her, admitting that she is a mother, in order to help her talk about what had happened. 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. of Victims During the investigation, Kate befriends Garcia over their shared knowledge of cute photos. Sera then goes to retrieve her father's revolver, which she had concealed well enough that the police missed it during their search that same day. Criminal Minds follows the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit as they work to profile killers and track them down. She receives a call from Meg, to whom she tells her love too. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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. Then, he pulls the trigger, killing Ryan. Budding Serial KillerThrill KillerAbductorRapist Before joining the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), Greenaway was assigned to the FBI's Seattle field office with a specialty in profiling sexual offenders, a skill that would prove to be useful to the BAU. You don't know, do you Who I am? She calls him the first man who never let her down and quietly passes away. Reid tells Lindsey her real name, but she denies it and tells him her alias name. Because of back lighting, you can see through the photo, and it is Douglas's school picture. Little did Chris know a man was stalking Meg and Markayla, and had been intending to abduct them. JJ admits to Sera that she has really thought of everything. As the investigation proceeds, the BAU team begin to suspect that what they're dealing with is bigger than they thought. 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. It's nice to meet you. He locks the girls in a room with no food or water and forces the girls to choose one to die. In "The Boys of Sudworth Place", Meg figures out something has happened to Morgan, due to his connection to the case. Her mother was later killed in a car crash intended to kill Jack. 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. 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. Bold and secure in her own intelligence, she dismisses JJ's attempts to pull out her own weapon, claiming that she can pretend a form of PTSD had kicked in when she attacked JJ. While Kelly attempts to convince Polly to kill Brooke, Brooke manages to sneak up on Kelly and strike her first. However, the federal government refuses to provide legal assistance for Reid, because he was never in Mexico for official government business. Portrayed By 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. JJ theorizes that was why she chose the box labeled '1999' because it was the year Katie was born. Killing their U.S. 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. But I know who you are January 5: Katie Owen and "Lindsey" Vaughn. 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. Her position was taken over by Dr. Tara Lewis in Season Eleven. Contents 1 Background 2 All That Remains 3 Profile 4 Modus Operandi 5 Known Victims 6 Notes 7 Appearances Background Despite this, Rose was charged later and found guilty, sentenced to life in prison. [Morgan and Garcia are speaking to each other on the telephone. "I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. It dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings." She also cut off Bruce's medications, allowing his sadistic alternate personality called "Johnny" to slip through. When Younger lets the two go, the BAU locates Younger, who has not moved and is content in his victory. 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. Riley Smith Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. He killed Katie in the house by strangling her with a belt (torturing her for hours via beating and cutting beforehand) and killed Doug by stabbing him three times in the chest with a knife. Though it is unknown how Judy died, it can be assumed that Sera applied blunt-force trauma to her as well. Two of her murders were committed through the use of proxies. There, they find a would-be victim who escaped, and the team splits up to find Parkett. They soon became his partners-in-crime. 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. 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. Contents 1 Background 2 Lo-Fi (Part 1) 3 Mayhem (Part 2) 4 Notes 5 Appearances This said, lesser episodes of Seasons 1-4 (with possible exception of "Machismo") are better than the lesser episodes of Season 6 onwards. When she went along, Susan bound Katie with rope, gagged her with duct tape, and stuffed her in a storage closet, where she was left to die. The killed Katie and dumped her body and moved Lindsey elsewhere, unaware that Doug was dead. Diane is angry at Maeve for criticizing her doctoral thesis when they were at Mendel University and is jealous of her. 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. The BAU heads back into an old FBI case to find the killer, leaving Hotch to reminisce about their years together. In the meantime, Morgan and Reid show up to the house and find them. 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. A family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. A death-row prisoner from season 1's "Riding The Lightning," Sarah Jean Mason is introduced as the wife of another death-row inmate. 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. 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. 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. Along with his drunken rages, this helped her convince Katie to call an abuse hotline several times. Children already know the dragons exist. They were an English couple to killed dozens of young British girls. Do you want that? Investigating, the BAU finally come across her, disheveled and apparently in shock, and take her to the hospital, still thinking she is a victim. Blunt-force trauma In 2016, Lindsey started stalking Reid for months and thus learned about his trips to Mexico between November 2016 and January 2017. When she returns home, she finds out from Chris that he secretly followed Meg and Markayla, and that they were stood up for the date. Due to being in the Witness Protection Program when he killed Ryan, Jack is able to get away with murdering Ryan. However, when asked "When is the violence going to end? Meanwhile, the rest of the team hunt down the paramedic. Sera Morrison is a psychopathic teenage killer who appeared in the Season Eight episode of Criminal Minds, "All That Remains". 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 is able to convince the suggestible Reid to stab Nadie to death. They would not have this until he was identified. Derek Morgan: Hey baby girl. Lindsey subdues Reid and then drugs him with what appears to be the powerful dissociative agent scopolamine. At the end of the episode, Kate reunites with Meg and tells her that she loves her. At some point, Lindsey kills Cassie Campbelland replaces her as the caretaker of Reid's mother Diana, with Diana unaware of what had happened due to her Alzheimer's. It is unknown if at least one of them is her FBI-issued sidearm. 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. 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. In "The Hunt," Kate is distraught when Meg and Markayla are both abducted. Lindsey: (calmly, raising her cellphone) Waiting for a phone call. No." Sera seems to have been based on at least two unsubs from the show's past. As a result, he is extradited back to the U.S. October 2016(? Modus Operandi After the girls are rescued, Kate tells Hotch she's leaving to focus on her baby. 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. She later reappears in Season Twelve as a member of Cat's gang, who plotted out a vendetta against Spencer Reid. "3rd Life". In "Scream", Kate is shocked to find out that Meg and a friend of hers, Markayla Davis, are planning on going out to the shopping mall with a pair of male classmates from their biology class. Portrayed By To her dismay, Chris forgets about the contingency plan they set up for the occasion that Meg would go out on her first date. 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. Fans were devastated when it appeared Agent Emily. New Movie News, Movie Trailers & upcoming Movie Reviews, Criminal Minds: 10 Real Mugshots In The Series Intro (& Who They Are), 10 Most Harrowing Cases In Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds: 10 Best Profilers In The BAU, Ranked, 5 Criminal Minds Storylines That Went Too Far, 10 Worst Episodes Of Criminal Minds According To IMDb, Ranked, REVIEW: Frank Miller Presents Ancient Enemies: The Djinni #1 Crafts a Compelling Origin Story, REVIEW: DC's Shazam! The unsub of season 2's "Distress," Woodridge had been a member of the military on an overseas mission where he killed a child soldier and suffered from severe PTSD as a result. Pathology Unclassified Killer JJ remembers how she was after her sister Roslyn died from committing suicide. With Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. At that moment, Jack arrives and attacks Ryan with the shotgun, incapacitating him and freeing Lindsey. Wanting to avoid a slow and painful fate, Caroline chooses to overdose and invites Rossi to keep her company one last time. 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. The team soon suspects that the killings are related to the witness protection program. Lots of things going on especially in terms of questioning and profiling. It is eventually revealed that Cat and Lindsey has another partner, Officer Lionel Wilkins, who is a guard at Millburn Correctional Facility, the prison where Reid was incarcerated at. After he tells her about his past, she gets a call from Meg. All of these happenings have shaped her patriotic attitude. Cook. She eventually became an investigator for Scotland Yard and made a reputation for herself. Instead of talking about what her father had done to her and her sister. Birth Date This forms the basis of this curious CM episode. )-February 2017, various locations in the U.S.: February 10, Los Indios, Texas, U.S.: David Hill, February 13, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Victor Flores, February 14, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico: Spencer Reid, February 16, Harlington, Texas, U.S.: Victor Jimenez, February 18, Port Mainsfield, Texas, U.S.: Alonzo Lopez. All of these would point to Bruce being the killer, at the same time that would give her several strong alibis. During this time, Kate dies in surgery, despite the doctors' best efforts. As Kate lay bleeding on the street, emergency personnel are parked behind a barricade; they were ordered to wait for the area to be cleared. We need to talk. As the investigation proceeds, the BAU team begin to suspect that what they're Read allA family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. Gideon departs unceremoniously, with only a letter left behind for Reid. Life and career [ edit] Monroe was born on December 30, 1969, in Houston, Texas. This kind of episode is why I love the show. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Kate also is willing to "go to great lengths to get her job done". Once Reid returns to the U.S., Prentiss hires a lawyer, Fiona Duncan, for him. It is unknown how good she is at it. 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. 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. Sera is highly intelligent, manipulative, and ruthless. Eventually, Kate is attacked by Parkett, who tries to kill her with a machete, but is shot and killed by Hotch. The Criminal Minds episode where Hotch's former wife Haley is killed by UnSub George Foyet, aka the Reaper, is one of the show's most memorable to date. Due to the nature of Criminal Minds, there are plenty of sad deaths and gruesome murders. Lindsey: Umno. When does it end, Jack?" First Appearance RELATED: Criminal Minds: 10 Real Mugshots In The Series Intro (& Who They Are). Since then, she has become the guardian for their infant daughter, Meg, who she has since raised for the past thirteen years. In turn, Sera notices that she may have put herself on shaky ground with the profiler when she hears her talking on the phone. Cook stared as Jennifer "JJ" Jareau in the long running hit TV show Criminal Minds. "What you do to me will be nothing compared to what my dad will do to you.". 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. In all of her hits, she used the same weapon Jack once used during his days as a hitman. Penelope Garcia: I charge extra for groups. While Jeremy, who was supposed to be watching Katie, was distracted in the arcade, Susan approached her niece and led her away. The stress causes her to almost pass out. Her father Jack was a hitman for apparently all of her childhood. Occupation Ryan later sends Taylor to his father's home to retrieve a Remington 870 shotgun. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Sadly, Distress ends badly when the BAU sends in Woodridge's military friend by helicopter to calmly bring him in. 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. 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. The two of them were working at the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 was flown into it by Al-Qaeda terrorists. (", She owns three guns. When Taylor fails to return after some time, having been hospitalized by Lindsey's father, Jack, a former hitman who has discovered the identity of his daughter's abductors, Ryan begins advancing on Lindsey, intent on raping her, when he is bashed with a shotgun by the recently arrived Jack. NEXT: 10 Worst Episodes Of Criminal Minds According To IMDb, Ranked. 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. Gideon's body was carefully covered since actor Mandy Patinkin didn't want to return to Criminal Minds. 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". Sophi Bairley When loud construction work triggers his PTSD, he believes that he is still on the battlefield and leaves behind bodies as he kills in what he believes to be self-defense. 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 . They found out about Peter Lewis and his connection with the BAU, and decided to use his M.O. He was portrayed by Kendall Ryan Sanders . A family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. 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 Morr Read allWhen 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.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. Afterwards, as she leaves the prison, Kate is shown visibly traumatized by the ordeal, especially her close call with Black. Contents 1 Background 2 Seven Seconds 3 Modus Operandi 4 Profile 5 Real-Life Comparison 6 Known Victims 7 Appearances Background "Did she get too old for you?" "No! 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. 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". Cat manipulated and seduced both, though both were oblivious to the other's relationship with Cat. Another departure came with season 13 when agent Stephen Walker (Damon Gupton) was killed off. There, they meet a pair of neighbors, a father and his daughter. Eventually, Kate is attacked by Parkett, who tries to kill her with a machete, but is shot and killed by Hotch. Lindsey in "Spencer" and "Unforgettable"Time to go. By the case's conclusion, Kate watches as Hotch shoots the unsub dead before he could commit another 9/11-style attack. a passenger jet suspiciously crashes in Colorado, She sings karaoke. No. Morgan also concluded that her wounds were more self-inflicted than superficial. 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. 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. Blake concluded that her writing suggested no empathy and no real emotional connection to her family; psychopathic tendencies as Reid added. 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. 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. January 7, 2008, Chula Vista, California, U.S.: February 14, 2017, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico: Nadie Ramos, Lindsey is the second unsub on the show to have appeared in an earlier season as a notable character before reappearing as a criminal, the first being, Interestingly, Lindsey was introduced in the twelfth episode of, The actress who portrayed the character -. Cat: (to Lindsey via cellphone) Kill her. However, when Lewis presses further, Reid remembers that the person who was with him and Nadie in the motel was not Peter, but a woman (though he does not place Lindsey's exact identity just yet). Male She was the tenth candidate to take over Blake's position. One night, Lindsey and Katie went to watch a movie at the theater. Walker was a family man and a respected agent, but despite appearing in most of season 12, he didn't get much . Lindsey: One way or anotheryou're gonna die. Once Kelly and Polly elect Brooke, Younger makes them do it themselves. However, some deaths are especially upsetting. She is extremely skilled at manipulating criminals, who usually fall for her beauty and giving her leeway in her cases. Great suspense. And now you know who I amand what I can dowhat I will doif you don't shut up! Played by Brad Dourif, Adam Rain turned his victims into human marionettes. Female No self-respecting cop wants to have his arse kicked by some broad with a posh British accent.SSA Joyner. Showing this heroism sadly ends in his death by cremation. Do you want that? As David and Caroline were catching up, she revealed that she was terminally ill. With Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Aaron Hotchner: Jack, every person in this room with the exception of him. 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. See production, box office & company info, 2874 Santa Anita Ave, Altadena, California, USA. 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. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Name No. Abduction and rapeLigature strangulationStabbing (once) Former high school student Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. After listening to the agent, Jack simply says "tomorrow" before blowing Ryan's head off. And Hotch is at his best here. Hostage: Directed by Bethany Rooney. Her first big role came in the Critically Acclaimed Independent film The Virgin Suicides, directed by Sofia Coppola. 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). While Jack wanted to enjoy living a quiet life, Lindsey didn't. 2 killed1 attempted Jason Gideon is a fictional character in the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Mandy Patinkin.Gideon is a Senior Supervisory Special Agent and the unit chief of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and appeared from the series' pilot episode "Extreme Aggressor," which was originally broadcast on September 22, 2005, until "In Name and Blood," the second episode of the third season. Adam Rain ("The Lesson") When Messer polled the writers' room, this haunting criminal's name came up. While waiting, Prentiss reveals a recorded conversation Cat has with Reid. She confided in him about her father's drunken outbursts. 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. Years after being expelled, Ryan met and befriended two seniors from Mayford High School, named Douglas Silverman and Taylor Coleman. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Sometime later, she left Scotland Yard to work for the FBI and eventually obtained a high position at its New York office. Micaela Kreuzwieser is a 2020 graduate of Saint Vincent College with a B.A. One of Rossi's ex-wives, Caroline, had made several appearances on Criminal Minds as the two have a strong friendship. Ryan being killed in front of him also had an adverse of affect on Reid, causing his cravings for dilaudid to return over time. Dean Norris (Det. Making sure to stay off of security cameras, Susan lured Katie away by calling her name. Daniel "Danny" Murphy, Jr. is the main antagonist of the Criminal Minds episode "A Shade of Gray". Ryan Phillips Keeping up her appearance, Sera confides how Judy would wrap her up in a homemade quilt. 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. 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. Contents 1 Personality 2 Biography 3 Gallery 4 Trivia Her husband murdered at least twelve girls and she is believed to be a powerful and scary prisoner. In the episode, her post-abduction life is revealed. (", Her earliest childhood fear was a girl named Melissa Gordoner, who was presumably the neighborhood bully. If any child misbehaves or becomes too unruly, the wife cremates them in the old family crematorium. Carol. Maybe one of the most outstanding episodes of the series. There, they are intercepted by Mexican police, who shoot out Reid's tires and disable his vehicle while Lindsey manages to escape. She reached out to Jeff Godwin, her soccer coach and her mother's suspected lover, claiming that she needed a father figure. Meanwhile, JJ, thinking she is in the shower, returns to the basement, having remembered something odd about the storage boxes, full of quilts and mementos Judy had collected through the years. Micaela is currently a List Writer for CBR and Valnet, Inc. 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. Family Unsub Marcus Younger of season 2's "North Mammon" abducts three local teenage girls and throws them into a game of life and death. In season 10's "Nelson's Sparrow," the BAU hears that Gideon was murdered by an uncaught unsub. This misconception has been used to discriminate against Romany people for decades, but it was debunked long ago. Two teenage girls go missing, one of which is soon found dead and freshly buried. Known Victims October 20, 2007: Katie Jacobs (her niece; abducted and attempted to kill; was rescued) Appearances Season Three Sera Morrison is a psychopathic teenage killer who appeared in the Season Eight episode of Criminal Minds, "All That Remains". Contents 1 Background 2 3rd Life 3 Profile 4 Modus Operandi 5 Known Victims 6 Appearances Background 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. 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.