Cory Bridges

Cory Bridges was a teenager featured in the episode The Popular Kids.

Background
Cory, the son of the local Massanutten Mountain Sheriff, assisted the BAU in their investigation of the apparent cult killings of two local teenagers. He mentioned to Spencer Reid that he was interested in becoming a profiler.

Season One
As the investigation unfolds, Reid begins to suspect that the killer may be disguising the crime scene to make it look like the work unorganized killer. It is also discovered that a skeleton that was found belonged to a hiker who had merely fell off of a cliff and bashed his head on a rock. The teens of the community admit that they knew about the body, and had been visiting it periodically to watch it decompose.

During the investigation, the team becomes suspicious of a local cult leader named Mike Zizzo, as pentagrams and the acronym L.O.D. (Lords of Destruction) are found in the woods near the crime scene. Mike is interviewed, and he claims that his followers are just lonely kids who listen to heavy metal music and drink beer, nothing more.

Cory is then confronted when it is discovered that he is the prime suspect. He admits that he only intended to kill the male, Adam, and that Cherish, the female, was just collateral damage. Cory is arrested.

Pathology
Cory does not qualify as a serial killer, as he only killed two people.

Modus Operandi
Cory bashed in the heads of the two teenagers in order to make it look like the return of a past serial killer (who didn't exist in the first place).

Known Victims

 * Adam, a local jock
 * Cherish, a local cheerleader

Appearances

 * Season One
 * The Popular Kids