The BAU determines that the killers are most likely college students because the murders began at the start of the fall semester. They describe the group dynamic as a "pack," where a dominant alpha manipulates "weak-minded" followers into committing crimes they otherwise might not.
: The killers are a "pack" of three college students:
: The dominant leader who performs the actual killings.
: The stand-off ends violently. Michael is killed in a shootout with authorities, and Chris is gunned down shortly after. Stephanie is rescued safely, but all three members of the pack die.
" Middle Man " is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the police procedural drama . In this episode, the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) travels to Johnson County, Indiana, to investigate a "killing pack"—a group of serial killers targeting exotic dancers. Episode Overview
: Three women are found murdered in Indiana cornfields. The team discovers the killers follow a ritual: they drug and kidnap exotic dancers, hold them for days, and then release them into a cornfield to be hunted down.
: The newest, most impressionable member.