Curtis Banks

Curtis Banks, also called "the Circle of Eight Killer", was a spree killer who appeared in Snake Eyes.

Background
In 1988, Curtis' father, who taught him how to gamble, hit the jackpot gambling and abandoned his family, taking the money with him and going to Las Vegas. Only six months later, he was broke and drank himself to death. Not much else is revealed about Curtis, other than that he was a long-time friend of one Eddie Langdon, with whom he was a partner in a plumbing firm. He held down several other jobs for short times; he lost one of them for punching his own boss. Curtis was also a compulsive gambler, losing a lot of money at casinos in Atlantic City. His dream was to win a jackpot himself and take his wife, Teri, on a trip to Tahiti.

Modus Operandi
Curtis targeted people he believed jinxed him and took his luck in gambling away. After killing them by bludgeoning them to death with some incidental object, such as a trophy or even the victim's own car, or shooting them, he would take eight dollar bills from their wallets and lay them in a circle around the bodies. He also left a playing card on their bodies, usually an eight of something. When Curtis killed his friend Eddie, he left $88 in a circle around the body and two eight cards on the body.

Profile
The BAU believes the Circle of Eight Killer is targeting people who prey on or take advantage of gamblers. The killings may have been triggered by recent losses in his gambling. Because he is able to use such brutal and violent force, he is probably physically fit. Since he is able to move around in a casino without fear of being recognized, he probably doesn't have a criminal record. Nor does he have a very domestic life with a wife and children; that would only slow him down. He is a compulsive gambler, and thus he is very superstitious and will not be able to stop. The circle of $1 dollar bills, his signature, he leaves behind has some significance to himself.

Curtis basically believes that killing people and leaving the dollar bills and playing cards on their bodies gives him luck. Because his luck didn't improve when he killed the gas station cashier, Harvey Redland, he also figures that the closer he is to his victim, the more luck he receives.

Known Victims

 * Danny Savino
 * Patti "Francesca" Riolo
 * Harvey Redland
 * Eddie Langdon
 * The unnamed high-stakes gambler
 * Teri Banks and Liz Dorsey

Appearance

 * Season Seven
 * "Snake Eyes"