Jerry Tidwell

"This is your fault!"

Jerry Tidwell was a delusional, prolific serial killer, family annihilator, and abductor who appeared in Season Ten of Criminal Minds.

Profile
The unsub is a white male aged in his mid- to late 20s. His obsessions are too personal to share, so he does not have an accomplice, and it is his intense preparation that gave him the upper hand against his victims. Given his age and aggression, he is an internal annihilator. His victims are surrogates for his own dysfunctional family. Once he gets them alone, he isolates the greatest physical threat, which would always be the father. Such an action makes him feel superior and he thrives on that power. It gives him the confidence to charm the rest of the family and then harm them. Because he is on foreign soil, he is adaptable, both socially and culturally, just like any other person frequenting a foreign country. This high level of intelligence makes him more dangerous. The unsub kills the father last, forcing him to watch the rest of the family be killed. He was likely neglected or abused in his childhood, which made him feel angry and alone as an adult. As a result, he is driven to kill his victims and he will stop at nothing to ensure that.

Known Victims

 * Unspecified date and location in 2004: His family :
 * His unnamed father
 * His unnamed mother
 * His two unnamed siblings
 * April 2013, unspecified location in Aruba: The Everett family :
 * The unnamed father
 * The unnamed mother
 * Two unnamed children
 * April 2014, Orlando, Florida, U.S.: The Isaac family :
 * The unnamed father
 * The unnamed mother
 * Two unnamed children
 * 2015:
 * April 7-9, Bridgetown, Barbados: The Sullivan family :
 * Greg Sullivan
 * Colleen Sullivan
 * Alison Sullivan
 * Nick Sullivan
 * April 8-9, off the Barbados shores:
 * Jack Garrett and Jennifer Jareau
 * Aaron Hotchner and an unnamed helicopter pilot

Appearances

 * Season Ten
 * "Beyond Borders"