Cat Adams

"They all deserve it."

Catherine "Cat" Adams, a.k.a. "Miss .45", is a misandristic, psychopathic serial killer and hitwoman who appeared in Season Eleven of Criminal Minds.

Background
As a child, Cat was abused by her father Daniel, who later went away for manslaughter related to the death of her mother and his wife. She was sent to a foster home, but she was abused by the foster father, who she eventually killed. At some point, Daniel was released and left the U.S. shortly afterward. As a result, Cat traveled around the world in search of him, hoping to kill him as punishment for his actions. When she couldn't, however, she channeled her rage towards other men. Cat eventually became a member of a network of hitmen that cropped up after the dismantlement of the Silk Road by the FBI in 2013, and became known as "Miss .45". Having developed psychopathic tendencies, Cat was the only member of the network who preferred to kill her targets up-close and personal, in contrast to the long-distance kills carried out by her colleagues. Though she was faithful to a vast majority of her contract kills, she actually double-crossed three of her clients when they wanted her to kill their wives, as said clients reminded her of Daniel, who she was still searching for.

Modus Operandi
Cat targeted various people through her capacity as a hitwoman, though her favorite target was married fathers who actually hired her to kill their own wives. Once she had her victims in a highly compromised position, she would kill them by shooting them with a .45-caliber handgun, hence her nickname. During the standoff at Harry & Glenn's Grill and Bar, she held Reid at gunpoint with a handgun and coordinated her actions with the Bomber.

Profile
According to Reid, Cat is a "black widow"-type hitwoman who specializes in seduction and is extremely patient. She learns everything physical, psychological, and emotional about the men she is hired to kill because she wants them to be in as compromised a position as possible so they do not see it coming when she pulls the trigger. She sometimes double-crossed her own clients and killed them because they wanted their wives, making those kills personal. In all of her contract kills, she is up-close and personal, unlike her colleagues, and she knows that she has to be more careful because she actually wants to kill her targets.

Known Victims

 * Unspecified dates and locations:
 * Her unnamed foster father
 * Three unnamed clients
 * Unspecified dates and locations from 2005(?) to 2015: Numerous unnamed victims, estimated to be around or over 200
 * January 13, 2016, Washington, D.C., U.S.: The Harry & Glenn's Grill and Bar standoff
 * Spencer Reid
 * David Rossi

Appearances

 * Season Eleven
 * "Entropy"