Frank Breitkopf

Frank Breitkopf is a prolific serial killer featured in season 2 of Criminal Minds.

Season 2
While investigating a series of murders, Gideon and Morgan meet Frank at a remote Nevada diner. Frank is interested in Gideon's name and explains to him what it means in Mythological terms. He explains that Jason comes from the Greek word meaning "to heal", and Gideon is an Isrealite who led his people against the Midianites. Frank wonders what Gideon's parents had planned for him. He then explains that Frank comes from the Germanic word for "spear".

The two agents then identify themselves and demand to know where "she" is. Frank explains that he is going to finish his milkshake. Gideon asks Frank if he would like to know how they caught him. Meanwhile, police cars have surrounded the diner. During flashbacks, the team realizes that Frank is sticking around town because of a local woman named Jane--an intended victim who had earned Frank's respect by not showing fear when he had previously abducted her years before.

Frank, with the help of Jane, manages to escape the diner, as authorities discover the body of a bus driver and a bound and gagged Sheriff Davis at Jane's house. His hostages, a busload of school children, are also found alive.

Frank appears later in the season in Maryland, where Gideon lives. Frank continues to taunt him, leaving a trail of victims behind as he challenges Gideon to catch him. Frank even manages to murder a woman in Gideon's own apartment. Frank also kills Rebecca Bryant, the daughter--and former hostage--of Randall Garner. When Gideon finally locates and confronts Frank in Manhattan, "Jane" (Frank's girlfriend) appears and intervenes. Frank then grabs Jane's wrists, tells her he loves her, and the two jump onto nearby train tracks, and a train kills them.

Profile
Frank is a textbook psychopath. He is incapable of feeling any empathy towards others and takes in joy in their suffering. He does not feel guilt or remorse and claims no responsibility for his actions. Like others of his type, he is highly intelligent, manipulative and narcissistic.

Modus Operandi
Frank was known to have used ketamine on his victims to paralyze them, then would dissect and remove their organs while they were still alive.

Known Victims
Though Frank had killed almost 200 people, this list only includes those known in the TV series
 * Katherine Hale
 * Reno Rodriguez
 * Annie
 * Unidentified female bus driver
 * Sarah Jacobs
 * Rebecca Bryant; former hostage of "The Fisher King"
 * Mary Breitkopf; Frank's mother
 * Himself and Jane

Quotes

 * Frank: "What's the psychopath got in the bag, Jason?"


 * Gideon: "If I ever find myself feeling what you feel, I'll kill myself."
 * Frank: "Call me first, I'd love to pick your brain."

Appearances

 * Season Two
 * No Way Out
 * No Way Out II: The Evolution of Frank