Michael Lee Peterson

Michael Lee Peterson is a copycat serial-turned-spree killer who appeared in Season Eleven of Criminal Minds.

Modus Operandi
As Michael copied the M.O.s of infamous killers, he killed his victims through a variety of means, such as strangulation, throat slashing, and shooting. In the case of Natasha Dudechenko, he also raped her to emulate the sexual assault Andrei Chikatilo performed on his victims, most notably his first victim, nine-year-old Lena Zakotnova. Michael originally went out of his way to emulate the original murders exactly, all the way down to killing in the approximate locations where they occurred, but he started to become less focused as he channeled his rage towards people of affluence.

Known Victims

 * 2014, Rostov, Russia: Natasha Dudechenko
 * 2015, London, England:
 * Two unnamed women
 * Louise Hulland
 * 2016, U.S.:
 * Boston, Massachusetts: Unnamed woman
 * New York City, New York:
 * Camille Harrison and Monica DeJesus :
 * Camille Harrison
 * Monica DeJesus
 * Trent and Rhonda Klein
 * Chicago, Illinois: The Northeast State University standoff:
 * Megan Ross
 * Charlotte
 * Kasey

Appearances

 * Season Eleven
 * "Tribute"