Steven Parkett

"Is it...Is it better?"

Steven Parkett, a.k.a. "The Mad Butcher of Bakersfield", was a serial killer who appeared in X.

History
Parkett's mother died of childbirth, leaving him to be raised by his schizophrenic, alcoholic father, who physically abused him. As a result, he grew up introverted and unable to socialize. While at a local Bakersfield university, he set his sights on a student named Christine Locke and apparently started stalking her, causing her to file a restraining order against him. When Christine began dating a hermit named Dylan Myers, Parkett snapped and killed both of them, dismembering them afterwards and disposing their torsos, while keeping the limbs for him to sell to an unsuspecting acrotomophile named Frank Cowles. He then murdered another woman purchased online from a human trafficking ring before purchasing Angie Stanton from the same ring. After severing her left arm, Parkett becomes distracted when she begins showing affection towards him in a desperate bid to survive. When she gets him to untie her, Angie assaults him before fleeing. He pursues her, but the BAU arrive and rescue Angie, forcing him to retreat back to his shed. He then lies in wait until Kate unknowingly approaches him, allowing him to ambush her. However, before he could kill her, he is shot and killed by Hotch. At the end of the episode, Hotch looks at Parkett's file, wondering how he managed to acquire Angie. The episode concludes with members of the trafficking ring abducting another woman and putting her up for sale online.

Modus Operandi
Parkett initially targeted victims connected to him, but later acquired his newest victims online from the trafficking ring. While holding them captive in a shed, he would tie them up and dismember them slowly with a machete until they died. He would slow their deaths efficiently by tightly tying ropes on their shoulders and thighs to stop the blood flow while severing their limbs.

Real-Life Comparison
Parkett seems to be based on The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run. Both had near-identical nicknames, killed their victims by dismembering them completely, and then disposed their torsos.

Known Victims

 * Dylan Myers
 * Christine Locke
 * Unnamed woman
 * Angie Stanton
 * Kate Callahan

Appearances

 * Season Ten
 * "X"