- Soon after the BAU steps in to help local law enforcement isolate a prime suspect for a ritualistic murder in Tallahassee, Fla., a second person who is related to the first victim is killed under similar circumstances. Also, Prentiss is concerned about Garcia's behavior in the aftermath of her abduction and has an idea of how to help with the healing process.—Emily Reddom
- Despite there being only one victim, Prentiss decides to investigate the murder of Melissa Wallace of Tallahassee, Florida as the BAU's next case, that choice due to the seeming ritualistic nature of the murder. Melissa, barefoot and wearing only her nightshirt, was found dead, tied to a tree in the woods about a quarter mile from the Wallace home, with her husband Danny Wallace away on a business trip at the time, and their two children - thirteen year old Jacob Wallace and adolescent Lizzie Wallace - asleep at home. There was no sign of forced entry meaning that Melissa was probably lured out of the house on an emergency. She died of blunt force trauma to the head, and although there was a neatly piled collection of limestone rocks nearby, the coroner is able to determine that such a rock was not the murder weapon. If not for his alibi including Garcia finding CCTV footage of his car on the road around the time of the murder, the BAU would have suspected Danny as the murderer. While most of the profilers head to Tallahassee to investigate, Prentiss and Rossi remain in Virginia as the Wallaces had only recently moved from Arlington, Prentiss and Rossi who will try to find out about the Wallaces' lives in Arlington and the reason for the move. They discover that the Wallaces are an evangelical family, with Melissa having quit her job in Arlington to home school the children probably due to their religious beliefs. However, they also learn that Melissa had recently stopped going to church and was unhappy about something in her life, that something which could have been a dysfunctional marriage with possible domestic abuse on Melissa, Jacob and Lizzie by Danny. This evidence places more question on Danny as being the murderer, his alibi which they have to overcome. They have to discover the true nature of the secret Melissa was keeping to find out the truth. Throughout this case, Prentiss can see that Garcia is out of sorts. Prentiss had tried to persuade Garcia to take some time off following her recent hostage situation. But there may be more to Garcia's emotional distress than just being held hostage.—Huggo
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