[Criminal Minds] years before love

Now that Rossi asked him to go and Gideon agreed, Hotch didn't have to hesitate.

In fact, he was a little surprised. As an obvious serial murder case that asked BAU for help, the information Gideon gave him was too simple. He didn't even provide a photo of the crime scene, only the victim's introduction and a brief description.

Middle-aged male, married, executive, lawyer, government employee, horribly tortured before death, ultimately suffocated.

Obviously, unless DC's forensic personnel are completely incapable of handling the case, it can only mean that there may be something hidden in the information that the other party did not provide that they are not willing to publicize.

The FBI had taken over, and Rossi was already there, Hotch didn't see any reason to go himself, but he rushed over anyway.

Rossi is in the temporary headquarters, and photos and materials are piled up on the whole table.

Hotch immediately understood the so-called "horrific torture", the deceased was covered in bruises, had been sexually assaulted, and had obvious strangulation marks on his neck.

"What do you think?" Rossi looked back at him, and continued to look down at the documents in his hand.

"Some... special." Looking at the occupations of several of the victims, Hotch chose his words carefully. Usually, middle-aged men are by no means high-risk victims of sexual crimes, and some of these people are even quite strong, if Without drugs or other special measures, it is difficult to rule out whether they themselves put themselves in crisis for some reason.

Rossi obviously understood what he meant, smiled imperceptibly, and handed over the stack of documents at hand, "Autopsy report."

Hotch quickly scanned, hesitated for a second, and reconfirmed the personal information of the deceased, "The scars on the body are considered to be caused by strip-shaped objects, concentrated on the back and buttocks, there are many signs of restraint on the limbs, no signs of resistance, no drugs, Choked to death - they could be held by a gun or other threats."

"Aaron, it's just us here." Rossi turned to look at the other agents he dismissed, and whispered, "You know what this is. We've seen corpses tortured by perverts, they like to watch their victims panic , this doesn’t satisfy them. Honestly, technically, it’s professional, not even rookie.”

Hotch sighed, "Well, I know, but I guess they're more accepting of that."

"Obviously."

"If that's why you asked me to come, all I can say is that I'm totally incapable of simulating a victim for you." Hotch bit his lip and squeezed the paper in his hand.

"What?" Rossi froze for a moment before realizing what he was saying, "Aaron, this is... If I want you to simulate the victim from this angle, why don't I just simulate the possible perpetrator? No, I Know what most of them desire, and you, obviously, are not like them."

"So what do you need me to do?"

"Two days ago an FBI agent went missing. Benjamin Green, 35 years old, male, married. They think the speculation is the same person." Rossi pointed to one of the photos, "It does match the characteristics of the victim. So far The last person known to have seen him was his partner Jones, and he declined to provide further information."

Hotch frowned. "His partner? Why is an FBI agent refusing to provide information to solve the case? This may make us miss the rescue opportunity."

"He obviously knows something but doesn't want other colleagues to know - he is well aware of the possible penalties and consequences." Rossi shook his head disapprovingly, "Understandable, but the bad thing is that he also refuses to communicate with me."

"So now he's the number one suspect?"

"No. He had a pretty solid alibi, and Green left after get off work, and he continued to work all night. But Green didn't come home, and I guess he didn't come home so often that his wife didn't do anything about it until the Going to work the next day...they found out he was missing."

"Will he agree to talk to me?"

"He rejected his colleagues and me, but it doesn't mean he doesn't want to save his partner." Rossi looked in the direction of the interrogation room, "For strangers of the same age, he may not want to make up a lie and give some information. As long as he doesn't refuse You, I'm sure you'll get him to talk eventually."