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“ | He looked at me. He was so confused, so shocked, like he didn't know why...why I did this. He knew he was about to die, and... and it terrified him. | „ |
~ Lancroft recounting her murders to Marcus Lee Graham. |
“ | It happened again. [...] Why can't I stop? | „ |
~ Lancroft. |
Rachel Lancroft is the hidden antagonist of the Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior episode "Lonely Hearts". Lancroft is a serial killer of men under the direction and instructed imitation of imprisoned serial killer Marcus Lee Graham as his most valued personal pawn.
She's portrayed by Ginifer King.
Biography[]
Little is revealed about Lancroft's life. An admirer of Graham, among other women he'd manipulate for pleasure, Graham gaslit her with insults about her uncle sexually assaulting her, yet encouraged her to finish getting her law degree so she'd be his personal defense representation. Akin to his usual pattern of exploiting his fans with commands, Graham, wanted to delight in Lancroft being his proxy for murder in a new spree. Graham confided in Lancroft his M.O. to draw out time for the women he slashed to die. Lancroft in turn, would find men to seduce and have sex with in hotel rooms in Cincinnati, so she'd find the opportunity to stab them so she'd also witness them dying. It's implied at least one of the men sexually accosted and/or even raped her, but lancropft was too highly imprinted on Graham to fight for herself and not focus on the murders. Lancroft would tell Graham all the details to excite him, their conversations under attorney client privilege. Lancroft started by stabbing one man in the heart, then the next in the neck. Lancroft stabbed the next man, Rich, multiple times, avoiding his major organs and arteries so he'd take time to bleed. She always wore a blond wig and a red dress and pumps, as well as would wipe the scenes clean with bleach and leave the chairs she'd observe them from closer and closer to their beds. With Rich, she also scrubbed his body clean. Lancroft, despite her excitement, would feel guilty and violated each time she murdered, as well as dissociate from feeling like Graham was physically making her kill. Voiceovers showed the talks they had would haunt her in her mind every day, from the murders to cleaning up after herself, even to just being at home.
The Red Cell Team missed the chance to find her targeting a fourth man, Jason. Getting him alone at a nightclub, she plunged the knife in his heart, posed him on a couch facing her, and watched the life leave his eyes. Realizing the M.O., the team realized she learned from another killer. They found the only girl who lived through Graham's attacks, Jill, who was never tied to Graham's murders to protect her because he seduced her into vulnerability. Graham was questioned in prison, constantly toying with the agents, before he finally summoned Lancroft. She argued Graham couldn't be tied to the murders, but when Graham started insulting her right in front of her without addressing her directly, she was hurt enough she insisted to be alone with him. The agents realized from her nervousness around Graham on the camera footage that she was the killer. Graham refused to give her location, but they realized she was after Jill by Graham's direction, to finished what he started. Wig adorning her, right when she drove up and was about to stab Jill right her her heart, Lancroft was shot dead by the agents, Jill narrowly rescued. Graham didn't care, humming his way to solitary confinement he was to be transferred to.
Quotes[]
“ | Please don't make me do this. [...] I don't want to remember. I shouldn't have been there. | „ |
~ Lancroft's fears of her own crimes and Graham's influence |
“ | My heart was racing. You know that...that tense feeling in your stomach when you feel like something bad is about to happen? | „ |
~ Lancroft's nerves over her crimes and collapse of her safety |
“ | He must have followed me. It happened so fast. He pulled me into the room, and...when he kissed my neck, my... my skin was crawling. I felt like I was gonna be sick. I just closed my eyes and prayed that it would be over soon. | „ |
~ Lancroft recounting her childhood sexual abuse and/or her ruse of men open taking advantage of her before being killed |
“ | What's wrong with me? I don't know what I'm doing anymore. Please help me! | „ |
~ Lancroft decompensating over her murders when Graham gaslights and pries her |
“ | I feel my actions are yours...like you're moving inside me. | „ |
~ Lancroft's full dissociation from herself because of Graham |
Trivia[]
- Lancroft is inspired by multiple real-life criminals:
- Veronica Compton, an attempted murderer manipulated by Kenneth Bianchi one of the "Hillside Stranglers", to try and cast doubt on his guilt as a killer with a copycat crime, having legal privilege with him during their meetings.
- Aileen Wuornos, a.k.a. "The Florida Highway Killer", a serial killer of men she prostituted herself to, with a history of childhood rape by family, even using the rape of her by one of the victims as a defense for killing all of them.
External links[]
- Rachel Lancroft on the Criminal Minds Wiki