Brian Phillips

"Try not to flinch."

Brian Phillips is a man who was forced by Peter Lewis to copycat Daniel Cullen. He appeared in The Crimson King.

Background
Little is known about Brian's early life, other than he landed in a foster home. There, he was abused and cut, and he sought comfort in two of his foster sisters, Eliza and Angelica, who would always tell him, "No one is gonna hurt you like that ever again." He was later adopted by Bob and Gail Phillips of Tempe, Arizona, but Eliza and Angelica's influence stayed with him for the rest of his childhood. As a way to cope with his problems, he developed dissociative identity disorder in which his alternate personalities were Eliza and Angelica. Because of his condition, Brian attended a support group at Arizona State University that catered to other DID-afflicted patients. His last episode occurred when he was just twelve, and he had since moved on with his life. In 2016, Brian was attacked by Peter Lewis, an escaped convict who drugged him and convinced him to take on the identity of another escapee, a killer named Daniel Cullen.

Modus Operandi
Acting under Peter's influence, Brian attacked another DID patient who attended to Arizona State University support group, a woman named Chelsea Carter. He emulated aspects of Cullen's M.O., torturing Chelsea and carving a message, but on her forehead and not into her stomach. He then left her alive in her house to be found by the BAU later. Later, he strangled Officer Chet Dewey to death using a ligature, and then carved a message into Dewey's forehead like he did with Chelsea. With Cullen himself, Brian mimicked Cullen's M.O. exactly, carving a message into his stomach, though he was unable to complete the message since the BAU intervened.

Profile
No official profile of Brian was made by the BAU, as they believed him to be a victim of Peter's at the time and not his proxy.

Known Victims

 * 2016:
 * Chelsea Carter
 * Officer Chet Dewey
 * Daniel Cullen

Appearances

 * Season Twelve
 * The Crimson King