The Naturals

The next day, Cassie receives a gift box in the mail. It is tied with a fancy silk ribbon and signed “From me to you” (201). Cassie immediately senses that something is wrong. Her instincts are confirmed when she opens the box and finds a lock of red hair.

Briggs and Locke arrive with a team of agents to collect the box as evidence. At first, everyone suspects the gift could be a prank from Lia, but she forcefully denies this. She points out that Cassie could have sent the box to herself to make sure she would be allowed on the case. Cassie denies this, and Dean comes to her defense. He tells Briggs that he agrees with Cassie’s suspicions and believes that the UNSUB may be murdering stand-ins for Cassie’s mother, Lorelai. Locke claims that because Cassie has red hair, she could be the next target. Briggs receives a call alerting him to the discovery of a new body.

A couple of days later, the lock of hair from the box is matched to the DNA of the latest victim. Contacting a potential next victim means the killer is escalating.