Francis Goehring

Francis Goehring was a serial killer who appeared in Identity.

History
Francis Goehring was born and likely raised in Great Falls, Montana. In 1978, he joined the U.S. Army, but was dishonorably discharged on 23 January 1979 as the result of a bar brawl which resulted in three other being hospitalized and a long scar on his face. The same year, he joined the Great Falls local militia. He also got married to a woman named Diane Marie in 1996. Being a sexual sadist, he would regularly torture and degrade her, until the militia found out sometime before the events of Identity and threw him out of the community. At this point, he moved to a cottage positioned on a piece of land previously owned by Diane's parents, which she had inherited and been forced to sign over to him, along with a local, highly submissive man named Henry Frost. He treated him very much like a common slave and, over time, developed a kind of messianic delusions, making up a set of rules for the compund in which he was referred to as "the Master" and studying medieval hierarchy structures. He abducted three local women and tortured them for some time before killing them and having Frost bury them and plant rosebushes on their graves. In the beginning of Identity, local police caught him driving the third victims car. He tried to drive off, but wasn't able to, so he waited for one of them to come close and then detonated a handgrenade, killing himself and one of the officers. Henry Frost later killed Goehring's fourth abductee and attempted to copy his crimes, but was tracked down by the BAU and killed.

Modus Operandi
Goehring would abduct his victims from public places, having Frost keep an eye out for potential witnesses. The two brought them to Goehring's compound where he would torture them sadistically using homemade tools, with Frost videotaping the acts, for a few days before killing them in an unspecified way.

Profile
Goehring was never directly profiled by the team, but he appears to have been a narcissist as well as a sexual sadist. He referred to his compound as his "kingdom" and himself as "the Master", suggesting some sort of messianic delusions.

Known Victims

 * Michelle Lawford
 * Jennifer Hillbridge
 * Darcy Cranwell
 * Angela Miller (was killed by Frost shortly after Goehring's death, was apparently never tortured)

Appearance

 * Season Three
 * Identity