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| ~ Garrett's last words from 1,001 Arabian Nights, the poem "Conclusion" |
Rodney Baines Garrett is the overarching antagonist of the Criminal Minds episode "Divining Rod". Garrett is a serial killer with a devoted wife named Helen, whose murders are copied shortly after the announcement of his execution.
He was portrayed by Eddie Kehler.
Biography[]
A sixth grade school dropout, Garrett married a woman named Helen, whom he devoted his life to and cared for, especially in her time of need during her recovery from a brain tumor, which left her wearing wigs and with a scar down her temple. Garrett's sinister activities were his murders of twenty-five women, all with short, blond hair, stabbing them to death with ice picks he left in their hearts for as long as two years. Once police caught him, as Garrett was motivated by compulsion, he was remorseful enough to lead them to women he buried after killing them the police hadn't found yet. Helen was ostracized and abandoned by everyone she knew, but she still loved Garrett and supported him throughout his trial and imprisonment. Garrett admitted to all his crimes in court and volunteered to be executed by firing squad. He received letters quoting from 1,001 Arabian Nights, which no one knew was from Helen to still profess her love for him. In 2008 and 2010, two separate years where his execution was delayed, an inmate tried to shank him each time, but Garrett killed the two inmates with their own weapons. Garret was finally executed by firing squad around midnight on April 29, 2012, his last words being a recital of Helen's poems, which distressed the families of the women he murdered.
Shortly after his death, a new killer slaughtered four women and girls in the span of a day, all with long blond hair so the killer could cut their hair off. They were all stabbed with an ice pick in their bedrooms to evoke Garrett's murders. It's revealed the killer was Dylan Kohler, the prison shuttle driver for Helen during her visits, who fell in love with her. He killed women living in the shape of a heart on the map around her house as a token of obsession for her, using their hair for preparing a wig for her as his "present". When he kidnapped her for his idea of a romantic dinner, the police arrested him and rescued her. Helen eventually snapped and instead became flattered by Kohler, visiting him in prison and reading the same poems she mailed to Garrett to build their relationship.
Trivia[]
- Garrett is inspired by multiple real-life serial killers:
- Gary Ridgway, a serial killer who preyed on prostitutes across the Pacific Northwest
- Darryl Donnell Turner, a serial killer of prostitutes in Washington, D.C.
External links[]
- Rodney Garrett on the Criminal Minds Wiki
