Stanley Usher

Stanley Usher is an incidental character who appeared in Season Four of Criminal Minds.

Background
A self-proclaimed psychic capable of reading people through their possessions, Stanley originally lived in Oregon, apparently helping find a missing child in Portland using his powers. At some point, Stanley was charged with fraud, prompting him into moving from Oregon to Washington.

Cold Comfort
In 2009, when Brooke Lombardini is abducted by a serial killer, her desperate mother seeks aid from Stanley, convincing a detective to give him Brooke's necklace, which she had dropped when the killer had ambushed her, for Stanley to read. Once in possession of the necklace, Stanley claim it gave him a vague vision, involving a fenced area, the color orange and the numbers 867, also claiming Brooke feels weakened, tired and heavy. Later, when Rossi and JJ visit Mrs. Lombardini, Stanley is present, being pulled to the side by Rossi, who is dismissive of the abilities Stanley claims to have, having dealt with so-called psychics in the past. When Rossi tells him that the last thing Mrs. Lombardini needs is some con artist giving her false hope, Stanley tells him that he does not know what Mrs. Lombardini needs and tells him to focus on profiling, which he claims some people don't believe in either.

Later, when the local police become desperate, the detective heading the abductions and murders brings Stanley in, willing to accept the help he is offering. Before reading the wig, Stanley is warmly greeted by JJ, who he, seeing the ring she has gotten to commemorate her son's birth, congratulates. While the results of the reading are not stated in full, the detective claims it belongs to someone who is "really sick" (though the man it belongs to, while a necrophiliac like the unsub, is later cleared as a suspect).

The BAU eventually discover the killer's identity, Roderick Gless, but are unable to pinpoint his location. Thinking Stanley can help, JJ brings him a letter Roderick had sent to his mother. Stanley claims the letter tells him that Roderick is keeping Brooke somewhere near a rocky shore.

When the BAU and police actually do find Roderick and rescue Brooke, Rossi scoffs at Stanley, stating that Roderick's hideout is nowhere near a rocky shore, but is left stunned when Hotch removes one of Roderick's curtains, revealing a billboard across the street which depicts a rocky shore.

Predictions

 * A fenced-in area: The room Roderick kept his victims locked in had a fence-like covering over the entance.
 * The color orange: The embalming fluid Roderick used on his victims.
 * Brooke feeling weak, tired and heavy: Roderick sedated his victims with barbiturates, to physically and mentally weaken them.
 * A rocky shore: Shown on a billboard directly across from Roderick's hideout.

Appearances

 * Season Four
 * "Cold Comfort"