Doctor Samuel Bayo is a minor recurring character on Criminal Minds.
Background[]
Absolutely nothing is known about Bayo, other than he got a job as a coroner in Los Angeles. He has shown members of the BAU the bodies of victims whenever they investigate cases in Los Angeles.
Sense Memory[]
Bayo shows Rossi, Hotch, and Detective Bailey the body of Linda Dean, a woman murdered by a serial killer who is drowning his victims in methanol. He reiterates the victims' causes of death and clarifies that they were not submerged completely in the methanol. He then informs Rossi that the unsub crudely cut out small square samples of flesh from the first two victims' soles, but that Linda Dean's flesh was cut out more cleanly. When Hotch asks if there was methanol found in the wounds on the soles, Bayo replies that there were only trace amounts, indicating that the skin was removed after the victims died. Bayo then informs the agents and detective that there was chloroform found in the victims' blood, and that burning associated with chloroform was only found inside their nostrils. From this, Hotch deduces that the unsub aerosolized the chloroform, turning it into a mist, and Bayo confirms that it could be effective.
A Badge and a Gun[]
Bayo briefly reappears in the episode, showing Reid the body of Patricia Brannon, the fourth victim of spree killer Andrew Meeks. He clarifies her cause of death and agrees to Reid's assumption that she attempted to chew through the bedsheet that was asphyxiating her. When Reid asks if she was sexually assaulted, Bayo denies it and adds that the previous two victims were also not raped.
Broken Wing[]
Bayo reappears attending the investigation into the murders of Bonnie Sullivan and Clay Miller by angel of death Douglas Knight. Bayo agrees the BAU should be attending when he reveals on Sullivan's shoulder a tattoo of a single wing that appears under UV light. Miller is found with the same tattoo on his shoulder, and Bayo also finds petechiae in Miller's eyes, proving unlike Knight's usual M.O. of overdoses, Miller was smothered.
Notes[]
- Bayo is the seventh of only nine characters in a medical profession who appeared more than once in the show's history. The others are:
- Season Two
- Doctor Tony Wilson ("The Big Game") - Reappeared in the Season Ten episode "The Itch".
- Season Six
- Doctor Sherman ("Valhalla" and "Supply and Demand")
- Doctor Ray Mathis ("The Stranger") - Reappeared in the Season Eight episode "The Pact".
- Season Seven
- Doctor Stacey Carroll ("Epilogue") - Reappeared in the Season Eight episode "The Fallen".
- M.E. Cranston ("There's No Place Like Home") - Reappeared in the Season Eleven episode "The Sandman".
- Season Eight
- Doctor Weiss ("The Replicator") - Reappeared in the Season Ten episodes "Fate", "Nelson's Sparrow", and "The Hunt". Then she reappeared in the Season Thirteen episode "All You Can Eat".
- Season Nine
- Doctor Taylor ("The Return") - Reappeared in the Season Thirteen episode "The Dance of Love".
- Doctor Pat Lewis ("The Inspiration") - Reappeared in the Season Eleven episode "Awake".
- Season Two