[Criminal Minds] years before love

"I don't think it's him," Hotch whispered.

Rossi agrees, "Either he's too good at acting, or he doesn't fit the profile."

"But I believe our suspect chose his victims in his activities." Hotch shook his head as he watched Andrew, who was crying and taking notes with the local police, "Grey has already gone to investigate the tape and should be back soon."

"According to Andrew, the stories discussed in several activities where the victim participated all involved violence or cold violence in childhood. It is believed that our suspect had a miserable childhood." Rossi looked at the notebook in his hand, "But almost The victim did not say anything particularly outrageous."

"They basically expressed sympathy and comfort to the storytellers." Hotch was also a little confused. "It's a relatively normal point of view and shouldn't be a source of irritation."

"Being angry that these people didn't really help him before?" Rossi guessed, "It's unreasonable. These people's views can even be said to be moderate. If this will be provoked, then our suspect's mental state may be very bad."

"They're just trying to help." Hotch looked at the few photos on the briefing with mixed feelings. "Dave, I'm a little surprised he's got such a…normal point of view."

"Aaron, Rory is probably just a minor character in their organization." Rossi looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to their conversation, and continued, "In a scene like that, most people usually tend to bring more A character that fits his personality traits. Although it is not known why Rory joined them to lead such a double life, at least he knows what he should be, or what he wants to be. I think he was chosen The reason has nothing to do with his double life."

"No progress?" Hotch turned to look at him for a moment, lowering his voice.

"There are some." Rossi hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, "The documents we found are very strong evidence. They didn't ask for the help of BAU, which is understandable. After all, now is not the year, and everyone has many new methods. And It’s really not our area of ​​expertise.”

Hotch bit his lip, accepting that the BAU had dealt with corpses and all kinds of lunatics for too long, and this kind of sophisticated organized crime was indeed not their specialty.

"If such views drive him crazy, the suspect is unlikely to have a normal relationship." Rossi refocused on the briefing.

"Judging from the crime scene, he should have no problem with IQ, but I still think it is unlikely that he completed high school." Hotch moved the picture of the crime scene aside, "Dissection is a fairly common abusive method , and often with the absence of internal organs, he seems to be doing something differently."

"Yes, dissection is the most common behavior related to sexual abuse and cannibalism, often accompanied by many other crimes. In this case, it was only dissection. The medical examiner believed that they all died quickly and did not suffer much torture. Some of the wounds were caused posthumously."

"You mean he has a special interest in corpses?" Hotch was a little puzzled. "The victim's clothes are relatively complete, and the scene is not too chaotic. It doesn't look like a common necrophilia crime scene."

"I think a better explanation for what he did was that he was trying to get rid of the victim and show strength." Rossi shook his head. "It wasn't very successful."

"He is afraid of these victims." Hotch quickly understood what he meant, "but these people are not strong enough, and they are not the type to be frightened. Maybe it has something to do with his experience in the past? Many pedophiles will use mild masks to trap children."

"We can investigate child injury cases from ten years ago, but considering the reporting rate of teenage assaults, I don't think there will be any results." Rossi reached out and took off Rory's photo, "A white male in his twenties , not particularly strong, quite out of gregarious, very sensitive, and probably have no steady lovers or close friends."

"Abused as a child or teen, and probably from more than one side. I think we can profile." Hotch saw Gray come in through the door, holding a huge box in his arms.