Angel Suarez

Angel Suarez is a survivor of serial killer/rapist and pedophile J.B. Allen, who befriended Derek Morgan. He appeared in Foundation.

Background
Born sometime in 1996, Angel dropped out of grade school while he was in the second grade, for reasons unknown. At some point prior to his abduction, when neighbors were selling puppies, Angel got one despite his mother Lupe's orders not to do so. During a rainy Tuesday durign 2004, he was abducted by J.B. Allen, who held him captive for eight years, all the while raping and torturing him. His puppy, who was with him at the time, was also taken and given to Samantha as a gift. Meanwhile, Lupe and neighbors searched around for Angel, but didn't find anything, and Lupe didn't want to alert authorities, otherwise it would result in her leaving the country.

In 2012, Angel found his chance to escape while being transported by Allen. Running across the desert, he stumbled onto the road, where he was found by the Nelsons, a family who pulled their car over when the father became sleepy and needed fresh air.

Foundation
Fearful of strangers and not used to anyone touching him, Angel was initially uncooperative towards Morgan and JJ when they tried to appeal to him. Finally, he becomes impressed with Morgan fiddling with a coin he brought along and begins to respond to him. Soon, when JJ asks his name, Angel, not speaking, points to the wings of the eagle engraved on the coin, then to his back to signal what his name is. When Morgan and JJ leave the room, Angel attempts to commit suicide by slashing his wrist with a discarded scalpel, but Morgan and JJ return just in time to save him.

As JJ talks to Lupe, who had been found by Garcia, Morgan allows Angel to keep his coin, which he had been so interested in, before telling him about Carl Buford, a community center owner who molested him in his youth, and how he had been thinking about suicide himself, but never went through with it. Morgan then promises Angel that he will catch his abductor and encourages him to help the investigation. However, Angel is unable to identify his abductor, stating that it had always been "so dark".

By the episode's conclusion, Allen is captured by the BAU before he can kill his latest captive and is arrested, while Angel reunites with Lupe and embraces her with comfort as Morgan watches.

Appearances

 * Season Seven
 * Foundation