Missing Kids

Briefing

Reid walked into the BAU. It was late and he knew it must have been a serious case if he was coming in now.

"Sorry about this guys," JJ apologized as the team met up in the conference room. "This case couldn't wait till morning."

"What have we got?" Morgan asked and JJ put the file on the big screen.

"In the past five weeks five children have been kidnapped. All five of them were found dead," JJ said as she put the crime scenes up. "If this unsub's pattern keeps up he's going to kidnap again, today."

The first thing Reid noticed about the crimes was the fact there wasn't a specific type of victim he was choosing. There were two little girls and three little boys. One of the children was Hispanic, three were Caucasian, and one was African-American. There seemed to be no preference, which was odd.

"Have the police found any traits the children shared in common?" Reid asked as he looked at the file.

"Yeah, actually, they found one piece of information that may mean something," JJ said as the screen changed. Pictures of adults showed up this time. "Each child had at least one parent with some sort of government job."

"Really?" Prentiss asked as she glanced around.

"Yeah, what these kids also have in common is all of them had a sibling and they were kidnapped in front of their siblings. This unsub has a calling card though," JJ said as the screen changed once more to show a white envelop with a letter inside.

"Corruption is everywhere and you are the corrupt. So let the children punish for the sins of the parents," Rossi read aloud and Reid watched Hotchner's face grow stern. He knew that his boss took cases involving children harder than the other cases-most likely due to his status as a father.

"The rest of the letter always states something about the job. One such case was a police officer-how one of the perps he'd shot made him as bad as the killers he apprehended. A Criminal Lawyer was accused of being just as guilty of the crimes for getting criminals off the hook. Things along that line," JJ said as she turned to them.

"So, where are we heading?" Prentiss asked.

"Princeton, New Jersey," JJ said. "We plan to have wheels up in half an hour."