Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas was an abductor and killer who appeared in Season Six of Criminal Minds.

Background
After the oil spill he struggled to meet ends meet and support his family. His house would suffer blackouts for not paying the electric bills. Eventually he had to foreclose on his house and default his boat loan His financial situation got to be so bad that his wife filed for divorce and the sole custody of his children. It was at this time that he was forced to extort money out of the Sparks family. When he went to their house, however, he was forced to shoot the husband to subdue him and the wife. He left their son because he only needed the parents so he could acquire $40,000 to pay all his bills. He left Mr. Sparks on his boat while he took Mrs. Sparks to the bank and told her to get the money. But due to the bank's slow process was only able to get $10,000 and had to improvise a solution. When he and Mrs. Sparks returned to his boat they both learned that Mr. Sparks was dead. Later when the police arrived he gave Mrs. Sparks the gun he was carrying and told her to kill him. He explained that since he was probably going to jail he had to be killed in order for his sons to collect on his life insurance policy. When Mrs. Sparks initially refused he antagonized her with the fact that their son will grow up without his father and that caused Mrs. Sparks to snap. She pulled the trigger killing him.

Profile
The BAU believed that the man they were looking for was in danger of losing a home, property or business. They want to focus on areas with large families, low income households, anyone with a financial responsibility for others. That responsibility is probably what drove the unsub into action. He had no intention of hurting either of his victims, for him the abduction of Charlie and Allison Sparks was an unfortunate but neccesary means to an end. Since the area has been ravaged by last summers oil spill they should be looking for down and out fisherman, boat owners or anyone who used to work towards the beach industry. They then stated to compare that list with part-time or under the table jobs, this unsub didn't start with extortion as he was pushed to it. The unsub has a strong obligation exbited by his kidnapping and stealing from people he knows. He may also be on the verge of losing someone close to him or has already.

Known Victims

 * Charlie Sparks
 * Allison Sparks

Appearances

 * Coda