It took a week.
Only a week for Mitchell Diaz's life to go down the drain.
It started out with the murders of two strangers in a city miles away. But once the BAU show up after the third murder occurs in her city, everything gets put together.
She...
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CHAPTER 90: CHARMING
MITCHELL SAT AT THE CONFERENCE TABLE, LOOKING AT ALL THE EVIDENCE PHOTOGRAPHS,
Hotch, JJ, Spencer and Detective Carpenter were also gathered around, tying to piece together the puzzle,
"The price tags were still on the dress. Maybe the unsub stole it." JJ pointed out,
"I'll have Garcia look into local vintage and second-hand shops. Maybe an employee or customer fits our profile?" Spencer suggested,
"Also have her check police records for young women recently arrested for shoplifting." Hotch added,
"What if the stealing of clothing isn't about finances, just part of her overall psychosis?" Spencer asked,
"A kleptomaniac?" Mitchell questioned,
"Maybe. It's an impulse control disorder 3 times more prominent in women than in men. Researchers believe that compulsive thefts could be a response to early childhood trauma. They're trying to symbolically repossess what was lost in childhood." Spencer informed them,
Mitchell nodded, "I had a friend in middle school that would steal just to get her dad's attention after he got remarried to what she referred to as a 'wicked stepmother'. But a true kleptomaniac doesn't steal for financial gain or personal use, and she's wearing what she's stealing."
JJ stared at Mitchell for a moment before standing and turning back to the evidence board. She glanced over the photos for a moment before scoffing and smiling, "Huh."
"What is it, JJ?" Mitchell asked the blonde,
"You've been saying these things, Mitch, that got me thinking. Young, handsome men with money and status. A high-heeled shoe one might wear to a dance. Luxury transportation that at the stroke of midnight reverts to junk, and what's another name for soot?" JJ listed off,
Mitchell began to understand her thought process and her eyes widened, "Cinders."
"It's a fairy tale gone horribly wrong." Hotch stated,
"Fairy tale? You mean like..."
"Our unsub sees herself as an avenging Cinderella." Mitchell smiled,
They quickly called Garcia to feed her information to find the unsub, "Cinderella? Where do I even start?"
