Benjamin Wade

"Y'all can't prove that."

Benjamin Wade is a serial killer who appeared in Season Eleven of Criminal Minds.

Background
Very little is known about Wade, other than he was a biker who was likely addicted to methamphetamine. At some point during or before 2009, he met runaway William Duke Mason and kept him under his wing. In 2009, the two decided to start a crime spree together. They started with a robbery and mass murder at a burger shop that left four teenage employees dead. Then, they traveled to Texas, where they robbed an El Paso gas station and Wade killed the clerk. However, they were arrested by police while trying to set fire to the station. Wade was given a lengthy sentence for his murder of the clerk, but Mason was sentenced to six years for his participation. They were both incarcerated at Texas State Prison, where they shared the same cell block as Lester Turner, who was imprisoned since 2004 for a rape and assault in Lubbock. Mason and Turner became close after the former saved the latter from being shanked by another inmate, leaving Wade isolated. He became even more solitary after Mason and Turner were both released from prison.

Modus Operandi
During his robberies and killings, Wade always operated with Mason as a partner. During the Burger Corral robbery, he restrained the night staff (all teenagers) right after closing hours (the males were blindfolded and tied up with their own belts and electrical wires, while the females were tied up with her own underwear), separated them by gender to establish dominance, raped the females, and killed them with single gunshot wounds to the head fired by an unknown gun. He then set fire to the restaurant as a forensic countermeasure. During the gas station robbery, Wade somehow shot the clerk with the same gun.

Profile
No profile of Wade was made by the BAU, as they were focused on Mason and Turner.

Known Victims

 * 2009:
 * Unspecified date, Las Vegas, New Mexico: The Burger Corral robbery :
 * Two unnamed teenage boys
 * Jenny Tanner
 * Unnamed teenage girl
 * June 2, El Paso, Texas: Unnamed gas station clerk

Appearances

 * Season Eleven
 * "Outlaw"