Shockley Tawes

Lieutenant Shockley Tawes is a notable character who appeared in Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.

History
A supervisor at the Somerville Military Academy, Tawes became an accomplice of his superior Colonel Ron Massey in a scheme to cover up the bullying of a cadet named Bailey Shelton, who had committed suicide sometime earlier. Simultaneously, a survival trip was scheduled for six cadets, including one Josh Redding, a friend of Bailey's, whom Massey intended to get killed as he was aware of the bullying. Since he was the one supervising the trip, Tawes knew of the coordinates of the camp and texted them to Bailey's father Chris, who was convinced by Massey that Josh was responsible for Bailey's suicide and became vengeful as a result. However, Massey's plan backfired when Tawes arrived at the camp and found each and every cadet there dead, having been murdered by Chris when he became aware of the bullying that was inflicted on Bailey, bullying that had been voluntarily allowed by Massey. Josh was also missing, having escaped from Chris.

Massey called in the BAU, who interrogated him, Tawes, and the cadets under the pretense that Josh killed the cadets. When the team traced the link between Bailey, Josh, and the victims, as well as realizing that Josh wasn't the unsub after he killed Chris in self-defense, Tawes was ordered by Massey to find Josh and murder him before the BAU can catch up to him. Tawes obliged and was able to find Josh in the woods when he attempted to carjack him, but Josh fought back. Eventually, Tawes was able to overpower Josh, but before he can kill him, the BAU arrived and Hotch was forced to shoot him when he tried to retaliate. Tawes was later arrested along with Massey for their involvement in the crimes.

Known Victims

 * Josh Redding
 * Aaron Hotchner

Appearances

 * Season Seven
 * Self-Fulfilling Prophecy