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“ | Look, Derek, I never hurt you. You could have said no. | „ |
~ Buford rationalizing molesting Derek Morgan as a child. |
Carl Buford (later changed name to Mohammed Alam) is the main antagonist of the Criminal Minds episode "Profiler Profiled", and the overarching antagonist of the later episode "Restoration". He is a pedophile and serial killer of young boys who frames FBI Agent Derek Morgan, one of his former victims, for his crimes.
He was portrayed by Julius Tennon.
Biography[]
Background[]
Buford worked at the Upward Youth Center in Chicago, Illinois, which earned him several awards for his work with underprivileged children. Behind his friendly, altruistic demeanor, however, he was a pedophile who molested over 50 young boys, one of them being Derek Morgan, who would go on to join the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). Like his other victims, Morgan would keep the abuse a secret for years afterward.
In December 1991 and 2002, Buford raped and murdered two boys.
"Profiler, Profiled"[]
Buford rapes and murders a third boy named Damien Walters in 2006. Buford's close friend Detective Stan Gordinski, who had been antagonizing Morgan for years after arresting him during a brawl in high school, arrests Morgan again, this time on suspicion of all three murders. Morgan's colleagues at the BAU rush to his side to prove his innocence. Morgan manages to escape police custody and, after talking with Buford's latest victim, goes to the center to confront him.
Morgan calls Buford out for the abuse he inflicted on him so many other children, but Buford tries to manipulate him into believing his memories of the abuse are not real; when that doesn't work, he says that the statute of limitations ran out too long ago for him to be criminally charged. He even blames Morgan for his own actions, telling him that "you could have said no." Buford's luck finally runs out, however, when Gordinski arrives at the center just in time to hear him tacitly admitting to murder and years of child molestation, and puts him under arrest. Desperate, Buford begs Morgan to help him, but Morgan simply replies, "You go to hell." Morgan's name is cleared and Buford is found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
"Restoration"[]
Six years later, Buford has converted to Islam and changed his name to Mohammed Alam. Because the statute of limitations for some of his sexual offenses had run out by the time he was arrested, he was only charged with murder, which keeps his fellow inmates from finding out that he is a child molester, one of the lowest forms of prison life.
When four-middle aged men are murdered with the phrase "Look up to the sky" left behind at least two of the crime scenes, Morgan recognizes the phrase as something Buford said while abusing him. Believing the killer is one of Buford's former victims, Morgan reluctantly goes to visit him in prison. Morgan asks Buford for a list of his victims, threatening to out him to the other inmates as a child molester if he refuses. Knowing he wouldn't be safe, Buford gives him a list, but uses the opportunity to open Morgan's old wounds by telling him he was "always special".
The killer is identified as Buford's former victim Rodney Harris, whom Buford had left off the list. Buford and other inmates watch the news conference on the case, in which Morgan tells reporters that Buford had sexually abused Harris and several other boys, including himself. An inmate asks about "Alam"'s real name and confronts him about what he did; Buford confirms that "Carl Buford" was his real name, yet denies his sexual abuse, saying that he "loved" Morgan. The other inmates do not believe him, however, and later gang up on him and kill him. Upon hearing the news of Buford's death, Morgan looks out at the sky in his apartment, having finally found closure.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Buford is inspired by multiple real-life criminals:
- Michael J. O'Hara, Buford's primary inspiration, a Catholic Youth Organization instructor and pedophile, responsible for the sexual assault of FBI profiler Jim Clemente, who arrested him in a sting to make him confess. Clemente retired and became a technical consultant, extra, and all around varied crew member for Criminal Minds.
- Wayne Williams, the prime suspect in the Atlanta child murders, convicted of the murders of two boys and suspected of several others.
External Links[]
- Carl Buford on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Carl Buford at the Criminal Minds Wiki