Roderick Gless

Roderick Gless was a Serial Killer who appeared in the season 4 episode Cold Comfort.

Background
Roderick Gless was born into a wealthy family, although his parents mostly neglected him, leaving him to be raised by his nanny, Abigail "Abby" Hansen. When she died from myocarditis, a heart defect in 1992, Roderick was nine years old. Since the parents were on a cruise at the time, Roderick would curl up next to Abby's dead body and wrap her arm around himself. This went on for two or three days, until the parents returned and discovered the body. When Roderick was 21, he dropped out of medical school and liquidated his trust fund of $500 000. As time passed, that money lost some of its value, but Roderick still received $50 000 every six months from his father who was desperately trying to bond with his son.

Modus Operandi
Roderick abducted women similar to Abby in appearance; blondes in their 20s with blue eyes. After that, he would cut their hair, double-pierce their ears and put a special dress, a pair of diamond earings and a pair of pearl earings stolen from Abby's grave on them to turn them into her spitting image. He would even brainwash them by incarcerating and drugging them, forcing them to accept the identity of Abby. Once the process was complete, he would embalm them, have sex with their corpses. When the bodies became too decayed, he would dispose of the bodies and abduct someone new to repeat the process.

Profile
Roderick's profile described him as a shy loner who was afraid to make eye contact, would be rich, lived alone in a large residence with enough space and ventilation to perform an embalming. Semen found on the victims implied that he was a necrophiliac and, thus, socially awkward, especially with people of the opposite sex. His alterations of the bodies suggested that he was recreating the image of a loved one who might have left or died.

Known Victims

 * Annette Hagan (deceased)
 * Erin Bonham (deceased)
 * Melissa St: Clair (deceased)
 * Brooke Lombardini (survived, was saved just as she was about to be embalmed)