[right][color=dimgray]SDV023889471IFED U.S.Department of Justice Case Doc No, JT/64921217 Date: 4/24/2014[/color][/right][table][row][sup][h1][color=2c2c2c][b]▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅[/b][right][b]▅▅▅▅▅[/b][/right][/color][/h1][/sup][/row][row][cell][img]https://i.imgur.com/h52yFsb.png[/img][/cell][cell][h3][sup][sub][b][color=LIGHTGRAY]C L A S S I F I C A T I O N:[/COLOR][/b][/sub] [img]https://i.imgur.com/XB2gCCE.png[/img][/sup][/h3][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] F E D E R A L   B U R E A U   O F   I N V E S T I G A T I O N[/color]
[color=gray]F E D E R A L   B U R E A U   O F   I N V E S T I G A T I O N[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] D I V I S I O N:   B E H A V I O R A L   A N A L Y S I S   U N I T[/color]
[color=gray]D I V I S I O N:   B E H A V I O R A L   A N A L Y S I S   U N I T[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] R E G I O N  1:   N O R T H E A S T[/color]
[color=gray]R E G I O N  1:   N O R T H E A S T[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup]
[color=silver]935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001[/color][/cell][cell][right][sub][sub][sub][h3][b][color=black]B . A . U .[/color]
[color=gray]B . A . U . [/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sub][/sub][sub][sub][sub][h3][b][color=black]S . S . A .[/color]
[color=gray]S . S . A . [/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sub][/sub][sub][sub][sub][h3][b][color=black]T H O R E A U,[/color]
[color=gray]T H O R E A U, [/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sub][/sub][sub][sub][sub][h3][b][color=black]J O S E P H   E.[/color]
[color=gray]J O S E P H   E. [/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sub][/sub][/right][/cell][/row][/table][table][row][/row][row][cell][INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] P R O F I L E   I N F O R M A T I O N[/color]
[color=lightgray]P R O F I L E   I N F O R M A T I O N[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent][sub]	[b]NAME:[/b]				|	[COLOR=darkgray]Joseph Edward Thoreau MD[/COLOR]
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	[b]STATUS:[/b]				|	[COLOR=darkgray]Active[/COLOR]
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	[b]INDEX DATE:[/b]			|	[COLOR=darkgray]4/14/2014[/COLOR]
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	[b]DATE OF BIRTH:[/b]		|	[COLOR=darkgray]7/25/1968[/COLOR]
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	[b]ALIAS(ES):[/b]			|	[color=firebrick][b][REDACTED][/b][/color]
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	[b]RESIDENCE:[/b]			|	[COLOR=darkgray]Marbury Point, VA[/COLOR]
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	[b]CITIZENSHIP:[/b]		|	[COLOR=darkgray]U.S. Citizen[/COLOR]
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	[b]CLEARANCE LEVEL:[/b]	|	[COLOR=darkgray]Senior Special Agent[/COLOR][/sub][/indent][/COLOR]
[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] B A C K G R O U N D[/color]
[color=lightgray]B A C K G R O U N D[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent]Joseph was born to an upper middle class family in Eastern Pennsylvania. His father, Lionel Thoreau was a former member of the British Armed Forces before resettling in the United States after meeting an American Nurse during the second World War. Lionel served in the British Armed Forces through the Royal Army Medical Corps as an assistant surgeon, before using his medical degree to work as the County Medical Examiner once stateside. It was this career choice that exposed Joseph from a young age to an interest in law enforcement.

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An academically-inclined individual, Joseph originally attended the University of Michigan, following in his father's footsteps as he obtained a doctorate in Forensic Pathology. Moving back towards home, Joseph found employment in the Philadelphia County Medical Office. Working as a medical examiner during the ongoing investigation into the serial killer who was later identified as Gary Heidnik, Joseph began to find himself discontent merely working with the dead and instead pursued further education. Finding a work and school balance that successfully funded his endeavour, Joseph attended the University of Pennsylvania where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. He found later furthered his education and achieve a Master's in the field of Anthropological Criminology.[/indent][/COLOR]
[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] R E C R U I T M E N T[/color]
[color=lightgray]R E C R U I T M E N T[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent]Originally serving as a medical examiner, Joseph would later move into law enforcement, balancing the demands of working as a patrol officer with his studies. In his mid thirties, he was promoted to Detective and eventually transferred from Philadelphia to the Chicago Police Department. It was here, in the Windy City, that Joseph again began to change his career and moved away from investigative work and into special operations. Undergoing training, Joseph became a Crisis Negotiator which allowed him to work alongside specialized units such as SWAT, bomb squad and canine units.

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[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C A R E E R   W I T H   T H E   B U R E A U[/color]
[color=lightgray]C A R E E R   W I T H   T H E   B U R E A U[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent]Joseph joined the Bureau during shortly after his thirty-ninth birthday. He's been a member of the Behavioral Analysis Unit for over a decade and has contributed greatly on many different cases due to his extensive experiences and education.[/indent][/COLOR]
[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] A S S O C I A T E S   A N D   R E L A T I O N S H I P S[/color]
[color=lightgray]A S S O C I A T E S   A N D   R E L A T I O N S H I P S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent][sub][color=lightgray][b]   A C Q U A I N T A N C E S[/b][/color][/sub]
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[sub][color=lightgray][b]   F A M I L Y[/b][/color][/sub]
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[INDENT]Father
Mother
Sister (Older)
Sister (Younger)[/indent]
[sub][color=lightgray][b]   F R I E N D S H I P S[/b][/color][/sub]
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[sub][color=lightgray][b]   R O M A N T I C[/b][/color][/sub]
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[sub][color=lightgray][b]   S I T U A T I O N A L[/b][/color][/sub]
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[INDENT]Aguilar, Chris
Neagoe, Lucian
Stannis, Samantha[/indent][/indent][/COLOR][/cell][cell][center][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] P H O T O   I D E N T I F I C A T I O N[/color]
[color=lightgray]P H O T O   I D E N T I F I C A T I O N[/color] [/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup][img]https://i.imgur.com/Lr6sXIJ.jpeg[/img]
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[color=black] P H Y S I C A L   D E S C R I P T I O N[/color]
[color=lightgray]P H Y S I C A L   D E S C R I P T I O N[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent][sub]	[b]RACE:[/b]			|	[COLOR=darkgray]Caucasian[/COLOR]
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	[b]SEX:[/b]			|	[COLOR=darkgray]Male[/COLOR]
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	[b]HEIGHT:[/b]			|	[COLOR=darkgray]6'-1"[/COLOR]
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	[b]WEIGHT:[/b]			|	[COLOR=darkgray]168lbs[/COLOR]
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	[b]HAIR COLOUR:[/b]	|	[COLOR=darkgray]Black, Graying[/COLOR]
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	[b]HAIR LENGTH:[/b]	|	[COLOR=darkgray]Short[/COLOR]
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	[b]EYE COLOUR:[/b]	|	[COLOR=darkgray]Hazel[/COLOR]
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	[b]HANDEDNESS:[/b]	|	[COLOR=darkgray]Right[/COLOR][/sub][/indent][/COLOR]
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[color=black] P S Y C H   P R O F I L E[/color]
[color=lightgray]P S Y C H   P R O F I L E[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent][sub]	[b]SEXUALITY:[/b]		|	[COLOR=darkgray]Heterosexual[/COLOR]
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	[b]PERSONALITY:[/b]	|	[COLOR=darkgray]Introverted[/COLOR]
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	[b]OUTLOOK:[/b]		|	[COLOR=darkgray]Cynical[/COLOR]
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	[b]PERSONALITY
	DISORDERS:[/b]		|	[COLOR=darkgray]OCD, PTSD[/COLOR]
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	[b]BEHAVIOR:[/b]		|	[COLOR=darkgray]Stable[/COLOR]
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	[b]MEDICATION:[/b]	|	[COLOR=darkgray]Naproxen[/COLOR]
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	[b]EDUCATION:[/b]		|	[COLOR=darkgray]BSc, MSc., M.D.[/COLOR]
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	[b]LANGUAGE(S):[/b]	|	[COLOR=darkgray]English, French, Spanish,
						Arabic, Latin[/COLOR][/sub][/indent][/COLOR]
[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b]
[color=black] T R A N S C R I P T[/color]
[color=lightgray]T R A N S C R I P T[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
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[color=black] A D D I T I O N A L   N O T E S[/color]
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent]-Scarring from bullet injury to right thigh causes Joseph to walk with a limp. While capable of passing all physical examinations of the FBI, it is easier to use a cane.
-Sidearm: Glock 19[/indent][/COLOR][/cell][/row][/table]

-Estranged/Separated Wife?
-Children
-Did a press conference where he delivered a profile that insulted the killer resulting in the death of ___ more victims.
-Killer retaliated by killing the Thoreaus' babysitter/niece and catching his wife off guard. Physically scarred the youngest child. Brand?
-Sons are currently 21 and 19 (9 and 7 at the time of the incident.)
-Mesmer assaulted and tortured the niece in front of the boys, all while ranting about being a real man in response to Joseph's profile. He had every intention of doing the same to their mother. 

[color=darkgray][indent][sub][h3][b][color=black] J O S E P H   T H O R E A U[/color]
[color=gray]J O S E P H   T H O R E A U[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] A N T H R O P O L O G I C A L   C R I M I N O L O G I S T   &   F O R E N S I C   P A T H O L O G I S T[/color]
[color=lightgray]A N T H R O P O L O G I C A L   C R I M I N O L O G I S T   &   F O R E N S I C   P A T H O L O G I S T[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/indent][hr][indent][indent]The satisfying [i]snip[/i] of the garden shears rang out cleanly in the stillness of the sunny afternoon. In the distance, soft waves rolled over the numerous smoothed stones that lined the waterfront at the foot of the large yard. Adjusting the straw hat atop his head, Dr. Joseph Thoreau picked the cane beside him up from the ground, planting it firmly before lifting himself to his feet. A cry of protest in the form of a dull ache radiated from the old wound beneath the pleated pants and heavy apron. Finding his balance, Joseph picked up the dozen freshly cut roses before him, minding the thorns, before pocketing the shears in the front of his apron. Slowly he made his way inside, Joseph entered through the reardoor of the large colonial-era home. Sheets and tarps were draped across the antique furniture that lined the hallways and the living room looked like it hadn't been touched in this century.

It would be enough to unnerve the common man. It was almost downright macabre, the entire place looked unlived and abandoned. Pausing at the doorway into the large kitchen, a sad smile found its way onto the grizzled features of the older man. His hand traced the moulding around the door, dwelling on the notches made by the very same pocket knife that sat on his belt. Names in his own indecipherable scrawl were written beside each mark accompanied by a number. 

Clearing his throat, Joseph resumed his pace. His cane tapped along the marble floors of white and black tile until he came into a large study. Placing the flowers down atop the waiting wrapping, Joseph maneuvered himself onto the nearby work stool. Expertly creasing the wrapping, Joseph deftly turned the items before him from a bunch of roses atop a few pieces of paper into a beautiful bouquet.

It was around this time each year that Joseph would visit her grave. It was after all his fault she had died. Had he not talked to the media all those years ago, Mesmer wouldn't have escalated. Mesmer wouldn't have come after him, or his family.

The black Jaguar roared down the hallway leaving the old estate in the distance. Joseph had been so lost in his thoughts and memories that he barely remembered getting into the car. The sun was still shining, even as the afternoon was bordering nearer to dusk than it had originally. In the distance, the spire of the old Anglican church rose over the horizon, soon followed by the iron gates that closed the fence surrounding the graveyard.

Stepping out of the car, Joseph adjusted his sunglasses before placing a felt brimmed hat upon his head. Leaving the vehicle behind, Joseph wandered into the graveyard, passing through the iron gate before making his way through the rows of tombstones. It was a path he knew well, Joseph had become a profiler over a decade ago. He thought he was well equipped for the job, but the first two years were tough.

But nothing compared to the third.

Climbing a small hill, Joseph sat down on a granite bench situated beneath a large oak tree. He was a very well-educated man, and his meandering career path had afforded him opportunities many would be jealous of. By the age of thirty-nine, Joseph thought he was prepared for anything. He was an accomplished crisis negotiator, he knew how to speak to people going through their worst. But he was not prepared for how the media took his words nor the fallout.

[COLOR=WHITE]"I'm sorry."[/COLOR] Joseph stated, breaking the silence as he laid the bouquet of roses down on the bench beside him. He lowered his sunglasses before removing the hat from his head. Turning his body to look towards the urn occupying the end of the memorial. His hand traced along the engraving, fingers feeling out the letters spelling 'Beloved Daughter'. 

Time always seemed to stand still when he spent time with Ainsley. Dusk turned to dark and soon Joseph was roused from reading aloud under the moonlight by the ringing of his phone. Recognizing the ringtone he had assigned to members of the Behavioural Analysis Unit, Joseph slid the device out of his overcoat's pocket and unlocked the screen to view the message. With a heavy sigh, he bid Ainsley goodbye and tucked the book away.

There was something relaxing about driving at night. Joseph certainly found it preferable to driving during the day. Most people would argue driving during the day was easier, but there was something the older man found comforting about travelling along a single illuminated path. Lucian hadn't divulged any details of the case in his summon, but Joseph had learned to trust his Unit Chief's discretion even if he hadn't fully learned to trust the former undercover operative.

Leaving his Jaguar under the care of the Bureau's parking garage, Joseph took the elevator to the BAU's offices finding himself among the last of the team to enter. Nodding towards Stannis and Dr. Augilar, Joseph placed his bag down at his desk, before leaning against it to take the weight off completely off both cane and old injury.

[COLOR=WHITE]"Happy Memorial Day, hope you both were able to take the opportunity to spend it with family."[/COLOR] He stated, his faint English accent making the 'R's roll more than his true American colleagues. Despite all the years he had spent out from under his father's roof, he had never quite managed to lose the accent.

Even after living in Chicago.

[COLOR=WHITE]"Stannis, I'll wager your children are growing up fast. Jenny must be, what, almost one by now and Nathaniel must be about ready to start kindergarten in the fall."[/COLOR] Joseph added, picking up the latte he had carried in. Lucian no doubt brewed a pot of the black tar that the F.B.I. 'graciously' supplied its agents but Joseph had learned a long time ago that you did not start the case with that taste in your mouth.

The room was on edge, their tension was hidden behind the idle small talk, but Joseph knew that if there was a case worth being called in at this hour, then the clock was ticking faster than any of them wanted to admit. The other two were younger, Stannis had a family and Auiglar, though brilliant, was still wet behind the ears. Turning towards Neagore, Joseph opted to pull the bandage off.

[COLOR=WHITE]"Two questions,"[/COLOR] He stated, [COLOR=WHITE]"How many bodies, and when are we in the air?"[/COLOR][/indent][/indent][/color]