David Rossi

David Rossi is the Senior Supervisory Special Agent at the Behavorial Analysis Unit at Quantico, Viginia.

Season 3
David was in early retirement until his voluntary return to the BAU. He had retired in order to go on lecture and book tours but returned to settle some unfinished business which wasn't immediately specified. In "Birthright" Rossi revealed his reasons for returning to Sheriff Caulfield. He held out a charm bracelet with the names of three children from one of his first cases. The children had watched their parents get beaten to death and he promised them he would find out who did it. Each year on Christmas Eve, Rossi calls the children to let them know he hasn't forgotten them and he hasn't given up on solving the case of their parents' murders. He kept with this tradition through his return to the BAU, though none of the children had replied to his most recent call. Rossi finally told Caulfield that the case had gone unsolved for 20 years; it was finally solved in "Damaged". He steps in as a hostage negotiator in "Minimal Loss" when his fellow employees Reid and Prentiss are held hostage.