Michael Earlson

Michael Earlson was a pedophile who appeared in Season Two of Criminal Minds.

Background
Having a record of sexual offenses already Michael abducted one-year old Dustin Powers in Newark, New York in 1999, taking the boy to Mount Pleasant, Virginia and raising him to believe he was his father while molesting him and placing the pictures and videos he made of the abuse online. When Dustin reached the age of six Michael enrolled him in a local school under the name Charlie Sparks and also had Dustin participate in a local boy's group run by the church. When the IIU began to close in on him (with Agent Katie Cole even encountering him) Michael took Dustin out of school and the boy's group and stopped posting images and videos online for a year.

P911
When Dustin reached the age of seven Michael sealed him in a small hidden room in his house, monitoring him via a camera mounted to the wall. Having lost interest in the boy Michael decided to sell him in an online action on his website Fantasy Land, spreading links to the auction around to other pedophiles, with one named mehtevas (a school principal named Hayden Rawlings) bidding $8,000 dollars. After several hours pass with Hayden still in the lead Michael gets a message from him saying that it looks like no one will outbid him and that he should just end the auction early. After receiving the message Michael sees a news broadcast showing Hayden being arrested and realizes the message was really sent by the authorities in an attempt to trap him.

Cutting off the auction Michael reopens it a short while later when the news gives out fake information made up by the FBI about the search for Dustin being conducted in Alexandria. When the auction ends Michael breaks Dustin out of the room with a sledgehammer, places him in a large suitcase and heads out the door, to meet the auction winner. Just as he begins pulling out of his driveway Michael is surrounded by the BAU, who arrest him and rescue Dustin. Michael is last seen in an interrogation room, smirking at Agent Cole through the one-way mirror.

Profile
Michael was a preferential pedophile, meaning he would actively target children with specific traits that appealed to him.

Modus Operandi
Michael would record his sexual abuse of Dustin either through photographs or videos, which he would upload to the internet. Originally Michael was carefree with Dustin, allowing him to attend school, but after an encounter with the IIU he stopped letting the boy go out in public.

Known Victims

 * Dustin Powers
 * Presumably other victims, due to having a record with the IIU

Appearances

 * Season Two
 * "P911"