A man is suspected of being a rapist and murderer, and after a woman is abducted, the team decides to interrogate him, which leads them to a shocking clue.
After a young woman is abducted, the BAU investigates the case, which involves a family of suspects, but things are more complicate than they expected.
The team tracks a killer who likes to embalm his victims, and a victim's mother tries to help with the case by hiring a psychic, who clashes with Rossi.
After a criminology student is found murdered, the BAU team hunts for a suspect who is recreating the techniques used by famous serial killers from the past.
While searching for the kidnapped daughter of a district attorney, the team realizes that the person responsible is now after her identical twin sister.
When the BAU is asked to identify a killer who is shooting at victims in broad daylight, the team works with local law enforcement officers to find the killer.
The BAU tries to determine why a murderer takes families hostage during their vacations and forces them to treat him as the patriarch until the trip is over.
The murders of two students are quickly blamed on a local cult, but the profilers believe that the killings may have been done by someone closer to home.
The team heads to Tennessee to profile a killer, but the man's erratic murders have the BAU stumped, until similar evidence is found at two crime scenes.
The team is stumped when a girl is kidnapped from a playground during broad daylight, and they must search near where she lives for clues to her abductor.
The team enlists the help of Gideon's former colleague when a murderer resurfaces after 20 years with a pledge to claim another victim within five days.