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Medical reports filled the screen.
"Each victim had multiple emergency room visits between ages five and twelve," JJ said.
Reid’s eyes sharpened. "Pattern injuries."
"Broken bones," JJ confirmed. "Bruised ribs. Concussions. Repeated contusions."
Morgan’s expression hardened. "Abuse."
"Documented as accidents," JJ said. "Sports injuries. Rough play. Falls."
Garcia’s voice softened through the speakers. "Someone’s pulling archived pediatric records. These aren’t easy to access."
Reid spoke again, quieter. "He’s selecting adults who were abused as children. Only children. Isolating them. Sedating them."
"Trying to send them back," Prentiss said.
"Regression," Reid replied. "Environmental manipulation over weeks can induce childlike behavioral states under prolonged stress."
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Or, someone is hunting former abused children, returning them to innocence before killing them—and Hotch fits the pattern.