Ellen Russell and Darlene Beckett

"Admit it Darlene, this gave you a reason to live."- Ellen Russel

"That's what I was hoping. It just made me feel more...more nothing."- Darlene Beckett

Ellen Russel and Darlene Beckett in The Pact) were a pair of seemed spree killers who appeared on Season Six of Criminal Minds.

History
See Ellen Russel, and Darlene Beckett's pages.

After meeting on an online support group, the two shared their stories and devised a plan for revenge six months prior to Mark Logan's release from his ten-year prison sentence for the rape of Darlene Beckett's daughter Kelly Taylor. Ellen Russel's nephew, Sam Dolan, was also taken from her by a Brenda Whitley 17 year old DUI who was released in two months because her father made large government donations, soon after which Russel's sister, Sam's mother, committed suicide.

Members

 * Dominant: Ellen Russel . Portrayed by Mackenzie Phillips


 * Submissive: Darlene Beckett . Portrayed by Kim Wayans.

Modus Operandi
The women targeted people they believed were responsible for the loss of their loved ones and had not received their due punishment, believeing the justice system had failed them. To avoid detection, Russel lured Logan while Beckett lured Whitley using a friendship ruse that encouraged the victims to meet the UnSubs at classified locations. Russel subdued Logan and hitched him to the back of her car, dragging him at high speeds until he died of loss of flesh and broken bones. Beckett however, feeling remorse, bludgeoned Whitley to death before dragging her. Prior to his death, Logan confessed he had three partners assisting him in the rape of Kelly Taylor, one out of the country and two living in Los Angeles. Beckett and Russel went after the two, killing Paul Montgomery by the same dragging and later bludgeoning Jason Nelson, a psycopathic serial killer, to death with a shovel used to dig up Taylor's remains.

Profile
Because of the differences in the first two kills and the bludgeoning prior to dragging, the members were deduced to be a female pair with a psychopathic dominant and a remorseful submissive. They most likely had very close relations to the victims of the crimes or the crimes themselves, and probably found each other through an online support group. As time went on their relationship would strain and they would no longer have a need for one another.

Known Victims

 * San Diego, California: Brenda Whitley(the drunk driver who killed Sam Dolan; fatally bludgeoned with an unknown object, then dragged her body with a car post-mortem)
 * Los Angeles, California:
 * Mark Logan(the suspect in Kelly's disappearance; lured in with a text message, killed by Ellen)
 * Paul Montgomery(intended to kill, but was stopped by Ellen; later killed by Ellen)
 * Jason Nelson(abducted, held at gunpoint and bludgeoned with a shovel by Darlene)
 * Unnamed motorist(attempted, but survived; was non-fatally shot)

Appearances

 * Season Eight


 * "The Pact"