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* TongueTrauma: The [=UnSub=] splits her victim's tongue to resemble her own (And a serpent's). She also severs the victim's frenulum. As the RedHerring suspect points out, doing that would lead to the person choking on their own tongue.



* TongueTrauma: The [=UnSub=] splits her victim's tongue to resemble her own (And a serpent's). She also severs the victim's frenulum. As the RedHerring suspect points out, doing that would lead to the person choking on their own tongue.

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* TongueTrauma: The [=UnSub=] splits her victim's tongue to resemble her own (And a serpent's).


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* TongueTrauma: The [=UnSub=] splits her victim's tongue to resemble her own (And a serpent's). She also severs the victim's frenulum. As the RedHerring suspect points out, doing that would lead to the person choking on their own tongue.

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* AnimalMotif: The [=UnSub=] has an obsession with snakes, keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked, along with a number of other snake-themed tattoos and body modifications.[[spoiler: Her mother used to lock her in a snake infested shed, but the reptiles, although curious about Desi, never attacked her and Desi came to see them as the only creatures that ever showed her affection]].

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* AnimalMotif: The [=UnSub=] has an obsession with snakes, keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye snake-eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked, along with a number of other snake-themed tattoos and body modifications.[[spoiler: modifications. Her mother used to lock her in a snake infested snake-infested shed, but the reptiles, although curious about Desi, never attacked her and Desi came to see them as the only creatures that ever showed her affection]].affection.



* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: The [=UnSub=] wears smudged black eye makeup. The black lipstick combo invokes MakeupIsEvil.



-->'''Lara Gutierrez''': I'm sorry, is that what you want to hear? You were a child, and I was angry and I did everything wrong. I'd give anything to go back and treat you better.
-->'''Desi Gutierrez''': There's no going back.

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-->'''Lara Gutierrez''': I'm sorry, is that what you want to hear? You were a child, and I was angry and I did everything wrong. I'd give anything to go back and treat you better. \n-->'''Desi \\
'''Desi
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* AttackAnimal: The Unsub uses an Eastern brown snake to incapacitate her victims. The small amount of venom in the snake's bite weakens her victims long enough for her to get them to her lair, so she can get them the antivenom so they don't die before she can carry out her mutilations.
* AnimalMotif: The Unsub has an obsession with snakes, keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked, along with a number of other snake-themed tattoos and body modifications.[[spoiler: Her mother used to lock her in a snake infested shed, but the reptiles, although curious about Desi, never attacked her and Desi came to see them as the only creatures that ever showed her affection]].

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* AttackAnimal: The Unsub [=UnSub=] uses an Eastern brown snake to incapacitate her victims. The small amount of venom in the snake's bite weakens her victims long enough for her to get them to her lair, so she can get them the antivenom so they don't die before she can carry out her mutilations.
* AnimalMotif: The Unsub [=UnSub=] has an obsession with snakes, keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked, along with a number of other snake-themed tattoos and body modifications.[[spoiler: Her mother used to lock her in a snake infested shed, but the reptiles, although curious about Desi, never attacked her and Desi came to see them as the only creatures that ever showed her affection]].



* FacialHorror: The Unsub disfigures her victims' faces.

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* FacialHorror: The Unsub [=UnSub=] disfigures her victims' faces.



* RejectedApology: The Unsub angrily shrugs off her mother's attempts to apologise for her miserable childhood.

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* RejectedApology: The Unsub [=UnSub=] angrily shrugs off her mother's attempts to apologise for giving her a miserable childhood.



* TongueTrauma: The Unsub splits her victim's tongue to resemble her own (And a serpent's).

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* TongueTrauma: The Unsub [=UnSub=] splits her victim's tongue to resemble her own (And a serpent's).



* TheUnfavorite: The Unsub's mother clearly favoured her younger daughter over the elder.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: What pushed the Unsub over the edge was seeing an article in a local newspaper praising her abusive mother.

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* TheUnfavorite: The Unsub's [=UnSub=]'s mother clearly favoured her younger daughter over the elder.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: What pushed the Unsub [=UnSub=] over the edge was seeing an article in a local newspaper praising her abusive mother.
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* CainAndAbel: Desi is the Cain to her sister Tina’s Abel. Desi resented the fact her sister received a better childhood than her since their mother took classes on parenting. Desi kidnaps her sister and tries to kill her via a snake.


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* HellishPupils: Desi has gold eyes with slitted pupils to resemble a snake’s. Unlike most examples, it’s most likely due to her wearing contacts.
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When two women are abducted and permanently disfigured in Austin, Texas, the BAU determines that the attacker has a dangerous obsession with a vicious creature. Meanwhile, Alvez struggles to find a way to help his former Fugitive Task Force partner come to terms with his paralysis.

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When two A woman who was basically raised by snakes because of her neglectful mother, has been kidnapping women are abducted who look like her favorized younger sister and permanently disfigured in Austin, Texas, the BAU determines that the attacker has a dangerous obsession with a vicious creature. Meanwhile, Alvez struggles to find a disfiguring them, working her way up to help his former Fugitive Task Force partner come to terms with his paralysis.her sister.

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-->'''Lara Gutierrez''': I'm sorry, is that what you want to hear? You were a child, and I was angry and I did everything wrong. I'd give anything to go back and treat you better.
-->'''Desi Gutierrez''': There's no going back.



-->'''Desi Gutierrez''': I tried so hard to erase her from my life, and there she was on the front page! The perfect woman, the perfect mother! None of them knew what she was capable of!

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-->'''Desi Gutierrez''': I tried so hard to erase any sign of her from my life, and there she was on the front page! The They all thought she was the perfect woman, the perfect mother! None of them knew what she was capable of!

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* AnimalMotif: The Unsub has an obsession with snakes, keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked.[[spoiler: Her mother used to lock her in a snake infested shed, but the reptiles, although curious about Desi, never attacked her and Desi came to see them as the only creatures that ever showed her affection]].

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* AnimalMotif: The Unsub has an obsession with snakes, keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked.forked, along with a number of other snake-themed tattoos and body modifications.[[spoiler: Her mother used to lock her in a snake infested shed, but the reptiles, although curious about Desi, never attacked her and Desi came to see them as the only creatures that ever showed her affection]].



* ChildHater: Desi's mother to Desi.

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* ChildHater: Desi's mother to Desi.Desi in her childhood. Desi grew to [[HatesTheirParent loath her mother]] in return.
* CruelMercy: Alvez tries to convince Desi to surrender with the prospect of telling her side of the story, and that her mother will have to live forever defamed as an abusive parent. It doesn't work.



* FreudianExcuse: Desi was born to a [[TeenagePregnancy teenage mother]] who neglected and emotionally abused her. Although her mother ultimately tried to turn her life around and repair her relationship with Desi, by that point the damage was done and Desi despised both her mother for the abuse and her younger sister for having the affectionate relationship with their mother that she never got.



* TattooedCrook: Desi has numerous tattoos and body modifications (it's heavily implied these are to help [[RageAgainstTheReflection reduce her resemblance]] to her hated mother.

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* TattooedCrook: Desi has numerous tattoos and body modifications (it's heavily implied these are to help [[RageAgainstTheReflection reduce her resemblance]] to her hated mother.mother).
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* AnimalMotif: The Unsub has an obsession with snakes, keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked.[[spoiler: Her mother used to lock her in a snake infested she'd, but the reptiles, although curious about Desi, never attacked her and Dedi came to see them as the only creatures that ever showed her affection]].

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* AnimalMotif: The Unsub has an obsession with snakes, keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked.[[spoiler: Her mother used to lock her in a snake infested she'd, shed, but the reptiles, although curious about Desi, never attacked her and Dedi Desi came to see them as the only creatures that ever showed her affection]].
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* AnimalMotif: The Unsub has an obsession with snakes, to the point of keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked.

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* AnimalMotif: The Unsub has an obsession with snakes, to the point of keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked.[[spoiler: Her mother used to lock her in a snake infested she'd, but the reptiles, although curious about Desi, never attacked her and Dedi came to see them as the only creatures that ever showed her affection]].



-->'''Desi Gutierrez''': [[SuddenlyShouting You told me you wished I was never born!]] That I was an ugly little girl, inside and out! [[Sarcasm Mode Well, congratulations, Mom]]. You were right. I ''am'' a monster!

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-->'''Desi Gutierrez''': [[SuddenlyShouting You told me you wished I was never born!]] That I was an ugly little girl, inside and out! [[Sarcasm Mode [[SarcasmMode Well, congratulations, Mom]]. You were right. I ''am'' a monster!
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-->'''Desi Gutierrez''': [[SuddenlyShouting You told me you wished I was never born!]] That I was an ugly little girl, inside and out! [[Sarcasm Mode Well, congratulations, Mom]]. You were right. I ''am'' a monster!
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-->'''[[spoiler: Desi Gutierrez]]''': I tried so hard to erase her from my life, and there she was on the front page! The perfect woman, the perfect mother! None of them knew what she was capable of!

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-->'''[[spoiler: Desi Gutierrez]]''': -->'''Desi Gutierrez''': I tried so hard to erase her from my life, and there she was on the front page! The perfect woman, the perfect mother! None of them knew what she was capable of!
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-->'''[[spoiler: Desi Gutierrez]]''': I tried so hard to erase her from my life, and there she was on the front page! The perfect woman, the perfect mother! None of them knew what she was capable of!
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* SuicideByCop: Desi tries to run away when the BAU find her, but faced with the option to stand down, she decides to force Matt to shoot her instead.
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* AbusiveParents: Desi's first ten years of life were largely spent locked up in the garden shed. Desi's [[Sibling Rivalry hatred for her sister]] is exacerbated by the fact that their mother didn't abuse Tina.

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* AbusiveParents: Desi's first ten years of life were largely spent locked up in the garden shed. Desi's [[Sibling Rivalry [[SiblingRivalry hatred for her sister]] is exacerbated by the fact that their mother didn't abuse Tina.

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* AttackAnimal: The Unsub uses an Eastern brown snake to incapacitate her victims. The small amount of venom in the snake's bite weakens her victims long enough for her to get them to her lair, so she can get them the antivenom so they don't die before she can carry out her mutilations.



* AbusiveParents: Desi's first ten years of life were largely spent locked up in the garden shed Desi's hatred for her sister is exacerbated by the fact that their mother didn't abuse Tina.

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* AbusiveParents: Desi's first ten years of life were largely spent locked up in the garden shed shed. Desi's [[Sibling Rivalry hatred for her sister sister]] is exacerbated by the fact that their mother didn't abuse Tina.


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* IAmAMonster: Desi calls herself one, thanks to her mother's abuse.
* RejectedApology: The Unsub angrily shrugs off her mother's attempts to apologise for her miserable childhood.


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* TattooedCrook: Desi has numerous tattoos and body modifications (it's heavily implied these are to help [[RageAgainstTheReflection reduce her resemblance]] to her hated mother.


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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: What pushed the Unsub over the edge was seeing an article in a local newspaper praising her abusive mother.
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* AnimalMotif: The Unsub has an obsession with snakes, to the point of keeping several as pets, wearing snake eye contact lenses and having her tongue forked.


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* TongueTrauma: The Unsub splits her victim's tongue to resemble her own (And a serpent's).


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* TheUnfavorite: The Unsub's mother clearly favoured her younger daughter over the elder.

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When two women are abducted and permanently disfigured in Austin, Texas, the BAU determines that the attacker has a dangerous obsession with a vicious creature. Meanwhile, Alvez struggles to find a way to help his former Fugitive Task Force partner come to terms with his paralysis.

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!!Dust & Bones
When two women are abducted and permanently disfigured in Austin, Texas, the BAU determines that the attacker has a dangerous obsession with a vicious creature. Meanwhile, Alvez struggles to find a way to help his former Fugitive Task Force partner come to terms with his paralysis.paralysis.
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* AbusiveParents: Desi's first ten years of life were largely spent locked up in the garden shed Desi's hatred for her sister is exacerbated by the fact that their mother didn't abuse Tina.
* ChildHater: Desi's mother to Desi.
* FacialHorror: The Unsub disfigures her victims' faces.
* ShoutOut: The soundtrack is Music/MarilynManson.
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When two women are abducted and permanently disfigured in Austin, Texas, the BAU determines that the attacker has a dangerous obsession with a vicious creature. Meanwhile, Alvez struggles to find a way to help his former Fugitive Task Force partner come to terms with his paralysis.

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