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�I doubt it,� Mulder said.  �Something about these women draws him in.  The brutality of the attacks, especially on Akemi Turner, suggests that they remind him of someone in his past that hurt him, physically�probably sexually�and he is now able to get his revenge, possibly.  He�s been incapable of this before due to incarceration or because he lacked the physical strength required to overpower theses women without drugging them.  He has probably started building muscle tone as a way to protect himself from further harm from the woman or women in his past, but somewhere along the line it became an asset to his revenge.  The fact that he redresses them after he�s finished suggests that he cares for them, maybe even loves them, despite the perceived wrong they perpetrated against him.  Leaving them in areas that are public during the day but are relatively empty at night�the playground, the mall parking lot, the picnic area, the beach�implies that he wants them to be found before the elements can get to these women, which is another sign that he cares for them.  If he didn�t care for these women in some way, no matter how obscure, he wouldn�t make it so easy for them to be found.�

�Do you think he�s attacked women before Belinda Greisemer?� I asked.

�Undoubtedly.  Serials are not made overnight.  While the pathology is quite different depending on what the UNSUB does, that is always the truth.  He has attacked women before.  Probably not as viciously.  It likely started out as a penchant for dominance during sex that escalated,� Mulder said.  �Maybe he met a woman who didn�t want to be rough, at least not to the extent that he does, and she fought him on it, making things more exciting for him.  Rape would be the ultimate sign of dominance for him.  Once he achieved that high� anything else just wouldn�t get the job done.�

�Meaning he needs a woman to be completely powerless to get it up?� Maguire asked.

�That would be the most basic interpretation of the profile, yes,� Mulder said.  I could tell he wasn�t impressed with the locals, and, to be perfectly honest, neither was I.  �It is a lot more complicated than that, though.�

�Obviously,� Maguire said quickly, as if that would help cover for his complete and utter misunderstanding of what Mulder was trying convey.

�What about the markings?  Any clue what the hell they mean?� Janz asked.

�What markings?� I asked.

�Each woman had a symbol etched into her skin,� Mulder said.  I frowned.  Nowhere in any of the files had there been note of any markings that weren�t consistent with the rape itself.  �That fact wasn�t in the files you received, was it?� he asked.  I shook my head.  �Damnit,� he said, turning toward the rest of the group with a look a fury on his usually passive face.  �How the hell do you expect this task force to find this guy if you don�t share crucial details with everyone involved?� he demanded.

�We didn�t feel it was prudent to share every detail with the Commanders, Agent Mulder, simply because we need to keep details like that away from the press to keep the risk of copy-cats coming out of the woodwork,� Cole replied coolly.

Suddenly I was grateful that Harm wasn�t at the briefing.  He wouldn�t be able to remain as calm as I had been.  Even if Harm managed to keep his cool in the room, once he got out he would call Admiral Chegwidden and I knew that once the Admiral found out about the FBI�s tactics�and I knew that he would find out because there was no way I was going to cover their suit-clad asses�SAC Cole and her team would be keelhauled, and not in the verbal-only definition of the term.
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