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The team go to Sacramento, CA to find an unsub mutilating the faces of his recovering addict victims found in enclosed bodies of water. Even Rossi, who has to choose between spending time with his grandson and work, joins them.

The BAU heads to Sacramento, California, where two women were found dead together in a water tank in an SRO in the poor Oak Park neighborhood. Although only one woman is initially identified, it is believed that both women led a high risk lifestyle of prostitution and drugs, albeit the one identified who they learn was trying to get out of the life, including becoming clean. Both women also had their faces slashed several times, both pre- and post-mortem, although the instrument used to make the slashes post-mortem different - more precise - than those when the victims were alive. The identified victim was also wearing a dress not typical of her attire, while there are signs of a poorly done recent hair dye job on the Jane Doe, leading the team to believe that the unsub is remaking his victims into the vision of the real woman of his rage. They begin to get a clearer picture of the unsub by the types of drugs found in the women's systems, and what Reid learns is the reason for the different types of slash marks on their face pre- and post-mortem. Regardless, they still know that identifying the woman of the unsub's focus is the key to finding him and who he is. Through this case, Rossi is a little preoccupied as it took him away from his grandson Kai's birthday party where his second ex-wife, Hayden Montgomery, told him the reason why she didn't tell him about Joy when she was born. Rossi tries to process this now twenty-nine year old information.—Huggo