Eddie Mays

Eddie Mays is a cannibalistic serial killer featured in season one of Criminal Minds.

Season One
Eddie is first seen staring through the window of Annie Stewart's house as she is giving a piano lesson to a young boy. As the boy and his escort leave, Eddie enters the house and bludgeons Annie to death with a shotgun he had stolen from a previous victim's house. This time, he steals several small items, including some prescription drugs.

When the BAU investigates these two murders, they find that Paul Thompson, the previous victim, had been stabbed 18 times in his yard. Both victims had been eviscerated and several organs taken. At Annie's house, rings of blood were found on the floor, leading the team to believe that the Unsub had removed the organs and placed them in food containers.

The local Sheriff then reveals a list of suspects, including a local meth addict. When the addict is questioned, it is discovered that he is not the Unsub, as his mental state did not fit the profile of a cannibalistic killer. A local boy, Wally Brisbane, is mentioned, as he was with Annie Stewart moments before her death and may have seen the Unsub through the window.

Meanwhile, Wally is at his grandmother's home watching TV. She enters the laundry room, and Eddie is there, dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt. He kills her with a butcher knife. When the team arrives, the old woman is dead--and missing her heart--and Wally is gone. The team now knows that Wally has been the unsub's target all along.

Speaking on the phone with Reid and Hotchner, Gideon discusses the significance of the organs the unsub has taken – liver, stomach and heart. These had special meanings to different ancient civilizations; they were each thought to be the seat of the soul at one time or another. And when he drinks their blood he “believes he is encountering the divine.” He has even left the bodies in such a way as to resemble angels. Why kidnap Wally? Gideon believes he sees the boy as a messianic figure.

Annie's husband later finds her organs in a box at their home. Gideon believes that it is a sign of remorse on the unsub's part.

Elle Greenawayand Morgan are staked out at a church when a car matching the description of Wally’s grandmother’s pulls up. A figure holding a bag gets out and approaches the statue of an angel. After he is in custody, Elle pulls a blood filled container out of the bag

Eddie is arrested and taken to a hospital where he is injected with Sodium Pentathol. When shown pictures of the victims, he becomes agitated. When shown Wally's picture, he replies, "I've brought you an Angel."

While questioning Eddie's mother, she reveals that she has been hiding Eddie, as he is not responsible for his actions. The Sheriff arrives with a K-9 unit and they Wally tied up in a shack--alive and safe. Mrs. Mays is taken away. It is assumed that Eddie becomes institutionalized.

Profile
Eddie is a meth addict with delusions of persecution. He was previously a college student who earned a degree, but later suffered a mental breakdown as a result of his drug addiction. He believes he must eat human flesh or drink human blood. He has an extreme psychosis; he can’t venture far from home. Something about his delusion is keeping him in town.

Modus Operandi
Eddie killed his victims in various, violent ways. He would then split them open and remove their heart, stomach, and liver; putting them in food containers. Paul Thompson was killed with a butcher knife, Annie was bludgeoned with a shotgun, and Mrs. Brisbane was also stabbed to death.

Known Victims

 * Paul Thompson
 * Annie Stewart
 * Mrs. Brisbane

Appearances

 * Season one
 * Blood Hungry