Peter Denford

Peter Denford is a delusional, highly prolific serial rapist who appeared in Every Five Minutes in Profiler.

Background
Not much is revealed about Denford. He grew up a semi-notable average Joe, seemingly non-threatening on the surface. He became president of his high school class, got a college degree, and studied in Switzerland. At some point in his life he moved to Panama City in Florida and eventually became a statewide serial rapist, successfully raping at least 30 women.

Every Five Minutes
At the beginning of the episode, Denford kidnapped and raped Marissa Cuellar. Another woman, Carol Winter, claimed to have been raped by him as well, but she turned out to be lying and presumably got arrested and imprisoned for fraudulent crime report. He then kidnapped another woman with the intention of raping her and drove her to his trailer, with Samantha Waters and Anita Pessoa trailing him. The woman he kidnapped ripped off his mask as he was dragging her in at knifepoint and just as Waters and Pessoa appeared and drew their service pistols. Samantha demands he let the woman go, and Pessoa furiously shouts she'll shoot him in the head point-blank if he doesn't, but he only defends himself in a panic by saying he "loves" the women he rapes and that they "love" him and what he does "for" them and denies hurting anyone. Pessoa screams he has three seconds, and Samantha tries to settle the situation by calmly telling him to let the woman go. He almost immediately does, and after continuing to defend himself a little bit more while choking up, he dropped his knife at Samantha's demands. Pessoa, still seeing red, still trained her weapon on him but relented and holstered it before cuffing him and dragging him off.

Modus Operandi
Denford targeted young women all over the western banks of Florida. He would abduct them from public areas wearing a red mask of Pantalone, a Commedia dell'arte character known for excessive greed and perverse fixation on women, bind them, force them into his car, and drive them to his trailer, where they would be forced in at knifepoint. He would then hold the knife against them and force them to take off their clothes before raping them. He would continuously speak to them affectionately and complimentarily, and once finished, he would leave them on the side of the road and say he would return. He would even send bouquets of flowers to the woman he raped afterwards.

Profile
A power-reassurance rapist who fabricates in his mind sexual romances with the women he rapes, evident in what he says, how he talks, sending them flowers afterwards, etc.

Known Victims

 * At least 30 unidentified women
 * Marissa Cuellar
 * Unidentified woman (attempted; kidnapped, held at knifepoint, and attempted to rape; was rescued)