Kyle Ecklund

"Nothing ever changes!"

Kyle Ecklund is a teenage "injustice collector"-type serial killer, stalker, and family annihilator who appeared in The Anti-Terrorism Squad.

Background
Kyle's mother left him when he was a child, leaving him to be raised by his alcoholic father. As a result, Kyle had to raise himself as he grew up. For most of his life, he was a victim of bullying, especially at Pillsbury High School, where bullying was a major problem among the students but was never properly addressed by the administration. Kyle became a member of a group called "The Anti-Terror Squad", a support group comprised of five other students who were bullied, and who equated bullying to terrorism, hence the title. One night, he was somehow lured to the school basketball court by a group of bullies led by a jock named Austin Settergren. They tied him up to a basketball pole and marked his face as a target, after which Austin began throwing a basketball in his face repeatedly while being cheered on by the others. Austin threw the basketball in his face so many times that Kyle's glasses broke and were eventually knocked off. Afterwards, the bullies left him strapped to the pole, and Kyle was not found until the next day. The incident triggered a murderous rage within Kyle, and he began plotting a series of revenge killings to traumatize the bullies and make them feel like victims.

Modus Operandi
Kyle initially targeted the families of the bullies who participated in the basketball court incident. He stalked them and learned their daily routines before eventually breaking into their houses, armed with a suppressed handgun. He would attack the parents first as they slept in their beds; he would first shoot the fathers straight in the head, then the mothers soon after they woke up to the gunshots. Then, he would kill any of the bullies' siblings. For the first familicide, he deliberately attacked the Bergstrom family while the daughter Amanda was away at a party, knowing she would come home past her curfew. For the second familicide, Kyle attacked the Doherty family while the son Matt was still home, choosing to relish in Matt's fear for a few moments before fleeing. Later, when the BAU realized his motives, Kyle began to decompensate and go after the actual bullies rather than their families, then anyone else who he felt betrayed him.

Known Victims

 * The Bergstrom family
 * Scott Bergstrom
 * Bridget Bergstrom
 * Kevin Bergstrom
 * The Doherty family
 * The unnamed father
 * Grace Doherty
 * The unnamed daughter
 * Austin Settergren
 * Abducted the following, but all were rescued:
 * Zach Peterson
 * Four unnamed students

Appearances

 * Season Twelve
 * The Anti-Terrorism Squad