Larry Feretich

"He killed Megan!"

Larry Feretich was a serial-turned-spree killer who poisoned a number of people in Brothers Hotchner.

History
Little is known about Larry's life prior to "Brothers Hotchner", other than he apparently has a good amount of experience with drugs. His daughter Megan died in a bar, and the death was cited as an apparent ecstasy overdose. Unconvinced and enraged at the bar owner, Jim Peters, he formulated a revenge scheme to get back at Peters by targeting a bar he owned and poisoning random, unsuspecting customers. Knowing that the authorities would trace a potential attack back to him, Larry ignored the bar Megan died in and targeted another bar owned by Peters, which coincidentally employed Sean Hotchner, half-brother of SSA Aaron Hotchner. Killing an alcohol shipper named Mike Spires and assuming his identity, he began importing a powerful drug known as PMMA, infamously nicknamed as "Doctor Death" due to its lethal nature upon being used frequently and told people it was ecstasy. The drug took its effect on four people that went to the bar, including Sean's girlfriend Linda Heiying. What Larry didn't realize is that Jim and his employees spiked their white wine with the drug as a prank.

When a fifth victim, a barfly named Anna Johnson, dies in front of Sean and the manager, the former calls in Hotch for assistance, as he is suspicious of her death when it is viewed as an ecstasy overdose, and also when the manager was hesitant to call 911 even after Anna died. Meanwhile, Larry goes on a killing spree, claiming six victims celebrating at a rave party. Shortly afterward, a couple dies in front of their daughter after drinking white wine spiked by Peters. Finally gaining enough confidence from his killings and his anger towards him over the couple, Larry attacks Jim Peters directly, smashing his car into his as the bar owner arrives home, incapacitating him. He then kills Peters by injecting poison into him and leaving him to die. Eventually, Garcia tracks down the record trail left by Larry in Spires's name. The BAU eventually find that Larry is using Spires's name and track him down to his workplace. There, Morgan and Reid confront him; he pushes a cart at the former and makes a run for it. However, Reid instantly subdues him, and Larry is arrested. As he is taken away, he starts ranting that Peters killed his daughter.

Hours later, someone kills the BAU Section Chief Erin Strauss in a style that combines the M.O.'s of Larry and another killer the team apprehended a week ago.

Modus Operandi
Larry initially targeted one victim at a time, all of whom would be killed by drinking wine spiked with PMMA, which would cause their internal temperature to rise to a point where they were literally boiling from the inside-out. As a result, they would bleed out from their mouth, nose, ears, and even eyes before dying. Gaining more confidence from the murders, Larry then began targeting multiple victims at once, such as a married couple or a large group of people celebrating at a rave party. Some of the victims weren't killed at the bar, instead being poisoned by spiked white wine delivered by the bar. When he attacked Jim Peters, he subdued him by crashing his car into his, and then personally injected him with poison.

Profile
The unsub gets off on the spectacle, and to him, it is not just about the victims; it is about the witnesses. His goal is to incite fear, meaning that he is desperate for attention, and that he wants all eyes on his work because he craves recognition. He will be paying close attention to the media, allowing him to relive the crimes. He uses a drug known for its euphoric effect, as if like he wants to take happiness away from his victims. He is taking the law into his own hands by killing known drug users.

Known Victims

 * Mike Spires
 * Jason Purgas
 * Richard Burog
 * Erik Sullivan
 * Linda Heiying
 * Anna Johnson
 * Six unnamed victims killed at a rave party
 * Bernard and Catherine Hatchitt
 * Jim Peters

Appearances

 * Season Eight
 * "Brothers Hotchner"
 * "The Replicator"