Come back anytime ive already had your kind if you jump way back. [sobbing] oh, my hands are numb. One more try. You can do it. Am i close . Just keep trying. I cant, i cant. 2. 3. My babies. Sam and kayla, wake up oh, my babies. Sammy kayla, wake up he took them from me. Just keep trying. You can do it. Call back anytime ive already had your kind its a plain fact call me back, call back anytime [groaning] oh, no. [whimpering] call me anytime you already brought me back [woman screaming] no you get away from her get away from her come here you never fought a man in your pathetic life, you twisted psycho. No get out of our house no please stop it please last night, all 4 members of the Bennett Family were killed in their home in Council Bluffs, iowa. Jake and Sandra Bennett were the parents of sammy, 11, and kayla, 9. Agent beeks in the Omaha Field Office called me. The previous night, the other family, the archers, were killed just across the state line in nebraska. He thinks its the same offender. The m. O. Is consistent. Both mothers died due to severe bluntforce trauma, and the fathers suffered multiple stab wounds. The children were all strangled. Violence only in the kids rooms, but no sexual abuse on any of the children. Thats odd. Odd comes up right now, because the bennett father was not just stabbed, he was also. And those pictures are in your personal files because i didnt think they needed the help of 1080p. His chest was opened, organs disturbed, intestines removed. Thats awesome. Could we please leave the gross part of the conversation for the plane . The father of the Archer Family had multiple stab wounds but no dissection. So he went from piquerism to this overnight . 2 families in 2 days. Hes on a spree. Wheels up in 30. Hey, morgan. Ellie, how did you get past Airport Security . I stayed real close to this family. Nobody asked. If they had, i would have said i was 12, cause you can fly by yourself. This is not all right. You cant just run away like this. But that house is awful. This older boy tries to watch me in the shower. [sniffles] hey. Its way early in l. A. I left a message with Child Protective Services, but i havent heard you cant send me back there. Ellie, youre a missing kid. We have to let them know youre safe. I didnt know where else to go. I know. [whimpers] listen, this is one of my very good friends penelope. Shes going to look after you while im gone. Hi, honey. Ellie, ill come back as soon as i can. Come on, ellie. Go ahead. Its ok. Come on, ellie. Have you ever been in a lair before . Youll like it. What are you gonna do . I dont know. Captioning made possible by abc studios, llc and cbs, inc. The house caught fire] and we were out on the streets. [ whispering ] shhh. Its only a dream. And we have Home Insurance. But if we made a claim, our rate would go up. [ whispering ] shhh. You did it right. You have allstate claim rate guard so your rates wont go up just because of a claim. 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No forced entry at either house. Both dinner tables are set for 5 people, not 4. Maybe they knew him and invited him to dinner. Both families live in different states but only 8 miles apart. Is it possible they knew each other . Garcia, did you find any overlap between the bennett and archer families . Zip. They didnt work, shop, eat, or worship in any of the same places. Worship . Both families religious . And then some. Pretty much all their social lives revolved around some kind of church activities. Maybe he forced the families to make dinner as part of a ritual, like karl arnold. The fox was a classic family annihilator who targeted patriarchs. The dissection of the last dad makes me think the unsub was focused on male parents as well. Im not so sure. Theres a lot of overkill on the mothers. All right, when we land, morgan, prentiss, and i will go get set up at the field office with agent beeks. Dave, you and reid drive to Council Bluffs while the crime scenes still fresh. Family annihilators tend to kill the children first. It makes the parents suffer the most. Maybe that wasnt the only reason. Mom comes up to say that dinner is ready. First thing she sees the children. She runs to them. She opens up her back to attack. He uses the children as bait. The father arrives next. He runs to the family just as the mother did. The unsub repeats the attack. Aah no it worked the first time. Its a risky plan. The unsub needs 10 0r 15 minutes alone with the children to tie them up. The tables set for 5. They were going to have tacos. The big pot has red meat, the small one has. Some sort of tofu mix. Now, if a psychopath was forcing you to cook dinner, would you take the time to make vegetarian sides . He obviously didnt force sandra to make dinner. She wasnt afraid of him. He was their guest. Hes too disorganized to bring a gun. All the other items he used on the families came from within the house. Kitchen knives, jump ropes, belts. The bennetts trusted him with their kids. They had to have known this guy. M. E. Report on jake bennett says he died less than a minute after being stabbed multiple times. All dissection was done postmortem. If it was done postmortem, it was probably done out of curiosity and not torture. Is there any indication of medical training . Apparently its just the opposite. The cuts were crude. No more advanced than dissecting a frog. Sandra bennett died slowly, in a lot of pain, just like Monica Archer. The wives suffer the most, physically and psychologically. So what does that get us . This guy hates his mother . It means that everything he did, he did to hurt sandra and monica. Hes targeting women. Hey. Hows she doing . Sleeping. Which, i get the impression, she has not done in many weeks. There are 6 kids living in that foster house. Well, what did the family say . They didnt know she was missing. Sandra was a sixthgrade teacher, she ran a Church Program for adult literacy, and volunteered at a local soup kitchen. Monica archer was a nurse at northern omaha medical, and she worked pro bono with disabled veterans at the v. A. Maybe he posed as a victim, asked for their help. Its likely these women would help a stranger but doubtful that theyd let him upstairs. It could be another volunteer. If they met him doing charity work, he could seem trustworthy. Ok, so, well look into volunteers who worked with both Monica Archer and Sandra Bennett, but even so, neither of these women would have left their children with someone they didnt know well. Its unlikely that its a stranger, but we havent found a Single Person that knew both families. Great. So we have a disorganized killer on a spree who appears perfectly stable. People trust him on sight. And he has absolute confidence that no one will guess what he is. [mike posners cooler than me playing] if i could write you a song and make you fall in love i would already have you up under my arm ive used up all of my tricks, i hope you. [turns down volume] hey, kid. Come closer so i can talk to you for a second. What do you want . You shouldnt walk with your back to traffic. You cant see the cars. You know what i mean . Oh, ok. Hey. Im reverend hannum. Im jeremy. Do you need a lift . My mom says i shouldnt get into a car with someone i dont know. Shed, like, kill me. Your moms right. But theres a gas station a mile or so up the road. I could take you there. Well, that sounds all right. Cool. Um, thanks. Its getting cold out. I love this song. Me, too. Put your seatbelt on. You got designer shades just to hide your face and you wear them around like youre cooler than me [singing along] you never say, hey, remember my name and its probably cause you think youre cooler than me is inspected by the usda. But perdue asked them to go further. 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M. , told the other volunteers he was taking the donations to the Salvation Army 3 miles northeast on route 6. Did he leave with anyone . No, they said he left alone. Were still getting names of everyone who was there. Before now, hes attacked families in their homes. Now just one victim on the side of the road . It doesntit doesnt really fit his victimology. Well, it looks like he stabbed the reverend while he was driving and then the truck crashed down here, he pushed him over, tried to drive away, but the truck was stuck. His rage was so blinding, he takes out the driver while in motion. Hes lucky he didnt crash into oncoming traffic. Then he immediately calms down and dissects the victims arm . Yeah, hes incapable of thinking 5 minutes ahead. Its like hes got a. D. D. A short Attention Span is putting it mildly. Hes got wild mood swings, hes impulsive. Young adults are inherently nonthreatening. Parents would allow him to be alone with their children because hes the same age. If hes prepubescent, it would also explain why theres no sexual experimentation on the victims. You guys cant be serious. Think about it. He opens up human bodies out of curiosity, the same way i used to open up radios and tv sets when i was 13. I dont like it here. Amber, you told me you needed to use the bathroom asap 5 times until i stopped. This is a bathroom. I didnt mean a gross bathroom. Dont touch anything. You can get herpes or worse. Zack, enough. Mom. If i get herpes, its your fault. Oh, come on. Hey there. Are you all right . This kid is streetwise, but clearly comfortable and easily accepted in a middleclass suburban home. We cant diagnose anyone under the age of 18 as antisocial, so we are labeling this unsub a budding psychopath. I came out of the bathroom and the bus was gone. The bus stopped out here . Well, yeah. This woman was sick and she said she needed some air. Wheres your mom, hon . Well, we live in omaha, but my moms visiting my aunt in chicago. His interpersonal skills are through the roof. Now, this manipulation is not just a ruse. It is a complex con. I knew i shouldnt have gotten off. Well, maybe i should just call your mom for you. Does she have a cell phone . Yeah um, its. My phones on the bus. I was supposed to memorize the numbers, but i never did. If i dont get off the bus in chicago tomorrow morning, my mom will freak out. Look for reports of missing children in and around the city of omaha. This is where his killing spree originated. And check juvenile Detention Centers and psychiatric programs for boys whove been recently released or escaped. We believe hes crossed the state line into iowa. His last victim was traveling northeast on route 6. How has a kid gotten 40some miles all by himself . They all give him rides and places to stay. Well, you cant stay out here all alone. Well go to the police. They can find your mom a lot faster than we can. Really . Thank you so much. Yeah, come on. Thank you. He appears extremely vulnerable. Being a child alone out on the road, thats not hard to do. [grunting] come on uhh come on youre letting him go to jail. No, honey, this is a police station. Theyll help him find his mom. Uhh come on do you mind if we wait here a minute, until those guys have gone in . Youre gonna need a weapon or something, in case that guy tries to shiv you. Zack. Come on uhh will i have to sleep in the same prison cell as him . Absolutely not. Youre not sleeping in a cell. What if they dont find his mom tonight . If i take a bus to uncle davids and get lost, would i have to sleep in jail, too . No, amber, of course not. Get your hands off me jeremy wont be sleeping here, either. Youre staying with us tonight. Thank you so much. Well bring you back in the morning. Thanks. No, i know, as soon as ellie crossed state lines, it became a federal case. Mmhmm. Which is why its ok that she remain in federal custody. What are the chances of getting her transferred to virginia . Oh, they are quite good. Because the federal child abuse prevention and treatment act defines this as neglect. Its in her best interest that she be removed immediately. Well, thats good. Thats great. Baby girl, thank you. Do me a favor. Tell her to keep her head up, all right . I will, honey. Whats going on . The foster family didnt even know ellie was missing. Im doing what i can to get her transferred to Child Protective Services in virginia. You think thats a good idea . I just want to know that that girl is safe. If you asked me to look after jack, would you be happy right now . I know that youd do everything you could. Hes been in the system . I thought you said hes from suburbia. He grew up in medium socioeconomic status, but his rage against families tells us that he experienced extreme abuse or neglect, so at some point, he was most likely removed from his family. Now, i had garcia widen the search of missing children to those in foster homes and juvenile care facilities, all represented by these 10 black dots. 10 kids fit our profile. Thats great. Actually, each dot represents a thousand currently in the system. 10,000 children . Nebraskas one of the nations highest per capita state ward populations. Now, using the age and the gender of our suspect, i was able to whittle down the search, and that yielded this interesting pattern. A pattern of red dots. Give me one more hint. The red dots represent 33 boys between the age of 10 and 17 who became wards of the state this year, all abandoned at major hospitals. The state safe haven law. Wait a minute. I thought the safe haven law was so that women could leave unwanted babies in hospitals instead of leaving them in dumpsters. Thats correct, but initially there was no age limit in nebraska. Hes right. The law now just covers infants, but we still get teenagers left at hospitals with a note pinned to their jacket. Some are even driven in from out of state. Now, Monica Archer, our first victim, worked at this hospital, northern omaha medical. If the unsubs parents abandoned him there, its probably where they met. [kids all talking at once] oh, bummer. Hey, did you get god of war . No, but i heard. I heard its awesome. Jeremy, will you dial your home number . Im just gonna leave a message saying that youre staying here. Yeah, sure, but like i said, i dont think shell check the home messages. Oh, just in case. Mom, jeremy says he knows a really cool game. Can we go play it in zacks room before dinner . Not now. Its time to eat. Zack can we have sodas since he have a guest . No. A guest does not mean soda. Here you go. You just have to hit send. Amber, zack, this is why you have to memorize my cell phone and uncle davids, ok . [line ringing] [beep] woman hi, this is the archers. Were not home right now. Please leave us a message and well call you right back. [beep] hi. Hello. My name is nancy riverton, and, uh, your son jeremy missed his bus at the rest stop on route 6. Hes fine. Hes safe. Dont worry. Hes with me. But if you could just give me a call as soon as you get this. Im at 5155550154. Ok. Thanks. [zack and amber talking indistinctly] ohh ohho so what happens here when a child is abandoned . The hospital contacts social services. The act of abandonment immediately labels the parents unfit and the child becomes a ward of the state. Hotch so he goes into foster care. Ideally, but most parents wont take older children. In which case, hed be sent to a juvenile facility. The same one that houses delinquents . Thats right. Did northern omaha medical register an adolescent boy as a ward of the state on that day . Garcia said no, but shes still looking. If monica wanted to keep him out of a facility, she might have gone around protocol. But she might still have documented it. Reid and rossi, go to the archer house and see if you can figure out what her plan was. Ok. There you go, sweetheart. You get some sleep, and well get in touch with your mom in the morning, ok . Its all gonna be all right. Thanks. Uh, dont turn that light off. Im not scared. Its just. Of course. I understand