I Suddenly Remembered My Charlemagne

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A huge THANK YOU goes out to wojelah, who mercilessly slaughtered the Oxford Comma and pointed out that a contraction every now and then wouldn’t kill them.

AN: I usually love Criminal Minds to distraction. But “To Hell...And Back” left me really cold because I felt they had not done Canada justice. And not just because of their abysmal geography. So this story comes from that. And because these characters have moved into my brain and taken over.

The title of the fic is taken from a book by Julian Sher about the case I am using as a model, which was in turn taken from the original sentence “to be hanged by the neck until you are dead”.

Warnings: I don’t typically warn in fics, because I usually write for Stargate. This, however, is Criminal Minds. Criminal Minds is not exactly cotton candy at the best of times, and I’ve tried to make this story as true to the show as possible.

The case I’ve used as a model is the true story of a 14-year-old boy who was convicted of raping and strangling a 13-year-old schoolmate in 1959. Consider yourself “viewer discretion is advised”.

Disclaimer: Not mine. Thank goodness. Can you imagine the therapy bill if I owned these people?

Rating: Teen, like the show.

Summary: The BAU is called to a small town in Ontario to help in the re-investigation of a 50-year-old murder case after three additional bodies are found.

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Chapter 2