- The BAU is called to investigate a series of D.C. homicides where cryptic messages are found inside the mouths of each victim.
- The next case for the BAU is assisting DC police in an active homicide, that of Andrew Hirota, an asset fund manager killed in his office. His shaken associate, Abigail Fuller, who was also in the office at the time of the murder, was gagged and bound by the masked unsub, Fuller who was otherwise not physically hurt and who states that the unsub was dressed in all black like riot police. She also states that their company was going through difficult financial times having lost a lot of money over the past year, including for their investor clients. Hirota was killed by multiple shallow slashes all over his body, his blood used to scrawl what looks to be a serpentine staff on the office wall, which his body was posed facing. The insignia is generally used to signify healing. It isn't until the M.E.'s examination that they discover a message written in code placed into Hirota's throat. With Garcia and Reid breaking the code, they discover the message is a manifesto railing against institutions of power, especially those in law, finance and religion as the causes of social ills. The writer or writers - as the manifesto uses "we" instead of "I" - believes themselves to be the cure, hence the probable use of the serpentine staff insignia. The BAU, however, does know that they are dealing with one unsub, the use of the word "we" used as means to signify power and narcissistic tendencies. They also deem that that the message was solely for their eyes rather than it being a public manifesto, signifying the unsub's want to indulge in a game with the FBI to see who is smarter. Three subsequent victims later all similar to the first build upon the initial evidence and point to the victims being specifically targeted as people. It is the fact that the last victim, family court judge Scott Taveras, survived his attack, and whose girlfriend, Elena Duran being a possible victim but who instead managed to scare the unsub attacker away, that may provide the biggest clues as to the unsub's identity and his motives. JJ can't help but be preoccupied throughout the case by an email received and cc'd to Prentiss sent by Assistant Director Linda Barnes asking to meet, that meeting which ends up taking place immediately following the conclusion of this case. The last time JJ received such a message, she was removed from the team.—Huggo
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