Criminal Minds

What is that, Maya, a boy or a girl skeleton?

Hello, Uncle Diego. How are you?

Diego!

Please. Don't!

Why'd you come here? You're not welcome.

Please, Diego, leave him alone...

This is my mother's house, too!

Let me hear her say I am not welcome.

Tell him, Mom.

Well, then.

My mother will never have to be disgraced by me again.

Miguel!

Miguel?

I expect that from him...

She's your mother. She loves you.

Not anymore.

I'll come back later for my things!

Mom. He'll come back.

Would you like some more? I'm glad you are here now.

I couldn't talk to you in front of Rosa.

She likes to think she can take care of me herself.

But I am getting older. I need help.

No.

No!

No!

Yes, look at that. Oh, what is that all about?

It's okay. It's okay.

I'm a little grumpy when I wake up sometimes, too.

Wait, You Guys.

See what you did?

No, no. It's okay.

Will you grab that? Thanks.

You're holding him like a cantaloupe.

Oh, you think you could better?

Okay, Smarty Pants, knock yourself out.

There you go. It's okay. It's for your..

Well, let's see you profile a disorganized psychopath.

It's your life.

Yeah

I know you're taking the week end, but I wanted to let you know, we got a call from..

Ugh. Amazing!

I am so glad you're here, Sis.

And with you coming to town, it's been so much easier to get him to take time off.

And I never could've prepared a meal like that by myself.

Go.

It was just a brief. In a couple of hours I'll be back, okay?

It's okay. Go.

They need you. It's all right. I'm not mad.

Go.

You heard her, she said it was all right.

You're one hell of a Profiler.

Allende Del Sol, Mexico,

population 20,000.

The victim is Lupe Trejo. 62.

She was found in her home, stabbed in the face, chest and genitals.

The papers down there connected her murder to 11 others in the past 2 years,

all elderly women.

They're saying it's the work of a serial killer.

The Mexican Government disagrees.

What kind of city is this?

Half factory town, half tourist town,

the factory makes the Tchochkes and clothes that tourists buy.

And even though the murders have happened in the...

Poor neighborhoods where the locals live..

Serial killers make lousy tourist attractions. Yeah.

So if the government denies that this is a serial killer,

why'd they call us?

They have suspect in custody, the victim's son.

Where are the serial killer experts?

They want us to go down there and confirm that this was just a one time killing.

Put the serial killer angle to bed.

So we're going all the way down there just to prove they don't have a serial killer.

Maybe.

Or we're going down there to tell him if what I've read in the Mexican papers is true

they've got one of the worst serial killers the country's ever seen,

let's go.

Hotch.

Call from the car.

Anthony Brandt wrote

"Other things may change us,

but we start and end with family."

Hey.

At least you get to spend your birthday weekend in Mexico.

Yeah, what's dog house in Spanish?

"La casa del pairo."

That's what I said.

Face it, Chicko. You're only a genius in English.

You speak Spanish?

Since when?

I'm full of hidden mysteries.

All right, so why are there so few serial killers in Mexico?

They probably have as many as we do, but they document almost none of them.

Why is that?

It's the Chikatilo Syndrome.

The what? Andre Chikatilo,

one of the most prolific serial killers of the 20th century.

By the time they found him, he had killed more than 50 people.

He was no more experienced than any average serial killer,

but he lived in the Soviet Ukraine. The Soviets were convinced,

the serial killer is a uniquely American phenomenon.

Inevitable result of decadent Capitalism.

So, what's the cultural bias in Mexico?

Many Mexicans believe that serial killers are the result of the break down of the family,

which gives rise to the kind of alienated loner who becomes a serial killer.

It's a fact that there are 12 times as many broken families in the U.S. than in Mexico.

All right, so is it possible that there are fewer serial killers in Mexican culture?

It is possible.

But, in my experience, evil is not a cultural phenomenon.

It's a human one.

Nothing like jet sleep, right?

Yeah, kind of like a night of drinking without the drinking.

Agent Gideon. Captain Navarro.

You're shorter than I remembered.

I was on a stage.

This is Lieutenant Borquez.

Hello.

This is my team.

Captain Navarro has been put in charge of the case by the Assistant Attorney General.

You guys got history?

We met at a seminar I gave at Mexico City a few years ago.

"Sexual homicide in Latin America."

I just read a chapter on the subject in Max Ryan's book.

Where do you think I got it from?

I'm glad you came.

I was never sure how much you liked me.

Why is that?

I've often told Agent Gideon that his Profiling technique

would not translate accurately in Latin Culture

without a better understanding of our cultural values.

Now is a good time to find out, right?

Uh, Captain, I'd like to get a handle on the type of press this

has been getting and meet some of the local police here.

Of course,

but I imagine you would all like to settle into your rooms and rest before we go?

No. We're ready.

Let's go.

So what exactly do you think Agent Gideon got wrong about your culture?

Well, there are two main..

English, English. Please. English.

I was explaining to Agent Gideon that

his profiling theory doesn't take into account 2 powerful influences on Mexican Culture.

Which is family,

and machismo.

You have some interesting ideas.

The District Attorney General put me in charge of this killing

when she realized that we had a relationship.

She had me invite you down to help us settle this mess.

You are aware that we may not be giving you the answer you are looking for on this one, yes?

You think the papers are right?

What are they saying exactly?

Señorita...

There's a serial assassin who's killing elderly women in local towns.

And the Attorney General and the authorities are moving slowly.

We'll see.

What's all this?

Dia de los muertos.

Day of the dead,

a 3 day Latin holiday where souls of dead relatives are said to return to earth

to enjoy the pleasures that they once knew of.

It sounds like he was reading that out of a book.

No, trust me. He always sounds like that.

Actually, I was reading.

I picked this pamphlet up at the airport.

As profilers, I thought you'd want to see the crime scene first,

before meeting the suspects, yes?

You remembered something from my lecture, huh?

Actually, I got it from your mentor, Max Ryan.

His book.

It's a great read.

The victim's name is Lupe Trejo. 62.

She was found in the bedroom by the daughter.

No sign of forced entry.

Are there are always this many people around?

No. Church just got out.

They're walking home from the town square.

What time was she killed?

I'm guessing some time during the evening mass.

There wouldn't have been a lot of people around.

Otherwise he would've been seen.

Unless he blended right in.

Let's go

no forced entry means one of two things.

A push in,

he holds a knife or a gun to her and forces his way inside.

The murder weapon, the knife,

was taken from the kitchen and placed at the scene.

In that case, it's most likely that she let the killer in voluntarily.

She looked through the peep hole, saw someone she recognized,

someone who makes her feel safe.

She lets him in and then what?

They have a drink?

Hey, did you run a DNA analysis on this?

The closest thing we have to a Crime Scene Unit is Detective Hernandez.

He has a fingerprinting kit from 1984.

Find anything?

The victim's prints were on one.

The prints on the other one were too smudged to make any match but

I don't think the killer drank this anyway.

Why not?

This drink is Tamarind Water.