Charlie Wilkinson

Charlie Wilkinson was a serial killer who appeared in Birthright.

History
Charlie's father, Robert Wilkinson, was a serial killer active in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1980. Since he was a mean drunk, his wife, Mary, moved in with her parents during her pregnancy. This abandonment set of his serial killing. When she moved back, she found him drunk in the place where he kept his victims. She placed him in his combine harvester and turned it on to kill him and make it look like an accident in order to protect Charlie. When time passed, however, it became evident that Charlie had inherited his father's killer instinct. Among other things, he kidnapped a cat, placed it in a bag which was hung in a tree branch and then beat it to death when he was 15.

In 2007 (Birthright), Charlie, who had figured out his father's connection to the 1980 killings, felt a bond with him and started killing the same way as he had, even using the same areas to confine and torture his victims. The BAU were called in after the third victim was found. When searching for similar crimes in the area around the same time as the 1980 killings and found the story of Karen Foley whose experiences were similar to them. When the BAU went to ask her, however, she claimed to have lied to cover up her cocaine addiction. After finding out that she moved after what happened and then moved back when Robert Wilkinson died, they figured out, with help from the investigator of the original crimes, John Caulfield, that he was the one responsible.

They then went to question Mary, who obviously wasn't surprised to hear about Robert's murders. When trying again with Karen Foley, her son, Stephen, who was conceived when Robert raped her, briefly became a suspect. This changed when he told her that he had figured out the way he was conceived. Meanwhile, Derek and JJ were looking for Charlie, who hadn't gone to work that day, and found that he had used a barn near the house where he and his wife, Chrissy, lived to torture his victims. When they brought Karen to the scene to trace her memories to the confinement area, she accused Mary of not doing anything to stop Robert. Mary then confessed to killing him. With Karen's help, they found the confinement area, a small barred cave, and were able to save the two girls held captive there.

In the meantime, Chrissy confronted Charlie at a nearby Civil War memorial where he had been drinking. When she brought up Robert, Charlie rose up. In the next scene, a gunshot is heard off-screen. It's revealed that Chrissy killed him. She claims self-defense, although Mary realizes that she did it to protect her and Charlie's son, but she doesn't tell.

Profile
It was initially believed that the same killer was responsible for both the 1980 killings, as well as the 2007 killings. The 1980 perpetrator was thought to be a migrating farm worker. He would be in his mid 20s, reckless in his personal life and a heavy drinker. Robert's killings were triggered by his wife moving out while Charlie's were possibly triggered by his wife's pregnancy.

Modus Operandi
Charlie copied his father's murders almost to the letter. He abducted them and took them to his barn to and rape them and torture them using cigarette burns, usually keeping two at a time. After a few hours, he brought them to a small cave to keep them captive. When transporting them between the locations, he made them wear a bag on their heads. During the torture, he would play musc and force them to dance. Whenever they refused to obey him or simply weren't capable of doing so, he would decapitate them with an axe, chop the bodies up and then dump the remains on the site of the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Known Victims

 * One unnamed victim
 * Julie ???
 * Molly McCarthy (abducted, but survived)
 * Tara Ricker (abducted, but survived)

Appearance

 * Season Three
 * Birthright