Brian Matloff

Brian Matloff is a serial killer who appears in Tabula Rasa.

History
Brian Matloff was the son of Nina Genesee, a Native American woman who put him up for adoption due to her young age. He was then adopted and raised Polish Catholic. He eventually graduated college or university. Some time later he was employed by the United States Forest Service in the Blue Ridge Parkway. In 2003, he was somehow able to track down his birth mother, now married and named Nina Moore, presumably through a private detective. He wanted to reconnect to some degree, such as calling once in a while, maybe meet around the holidays, but she wasn't able to do so for emotional reasons.

Being rejected by his mother caused Brian to start studying Native American culture and mythology and also triggered his serial killing, which began in 2004. After four murders, of which the authorities were aware of three, the BAU and their new agent Spencer Reid were able to track him down by narrowing down the list of Forest Service employees. When they did so, they discovered that Matloff, who was the type of offender who needed to insert himself into the investigation, had come forward as a witness. Then, a SWAT team led by Aaron Hotchner and Derek Morgan raided his apartment. Matloff attempted to flee by jumping from the building's roof to the adjacent building's, but wasn't able to jump far enough and hung onto the edge. Derek attempted to jump across to save him, but was too late; Brian lost his grip and fell. He survived the fall but slipped into a coma.

In 2008, Brian woke up with focal retrograde amnesia, unable to remember anything about his past, not even his name. Despite this, he was put on trail, with Hotch being the prosecution's strongest witness. Matloff's lawyer, Lester Sterling, based a lot of the defense on the fact that the arrest was made mostly because of the BAU's profile despite the fact that there were no trace evidence or any witnesses (the star witness, a heroin addict, having died from an overdose in 2006). Hotch was, however, able to counter the claims that profiling was mostly, as Sterling put it, "intellectual guesswork" by accurately profiling him about his gambling habits.

As the trail had progressed, Matloff had started to remeber more and more about his past, including the murders. He even drew pictures from his memory and wrote notes in his cell. After a trial in which Nina Moore had come forward, Matloff escaped from captivity and went back to Linville Falls in the Blue Ridge Parkway where his very first victim was buried. Held at gunpont by Hotch, Reid and local police, he confessed to the murders and to remembering everything. He then contemplated suicide, but was talked down by Hotch. Matloff then pleaded guilty and was presumably incarcerated.

Modus Operandi
Brian would attack young, brunette, female joggers. He would approach them using his authority as a Forest Service employee and then strangle them with his belt. He would then bury them face-down in shallow graves, making it possible for him to relive the murders, and take some piece of jewelry from them, like a watch, ring or a wrist bracelet. He would send the items to Nina Moore.

Known Victims

 * Unnamed female jogger
 * Celest Forami
 * April Sutherford
 * Darci Corbett

Appearance

 * Season 3, Episode 19: Tabula Rasa