Evie Long

Evie Long is an eccentric, reclusive comic-book writer whose series, "Vanjour", inspired murders committed by Cindy Hemmet and Rick Webster and who appeared in Cycle of Violence in Profiler.

Background
Evie Long is slightly notorious for her various comic books, including "Vanjour", a series about a namesake vigilante who kills abusers and send their spirits off peacefully. The series only had five issues published, but it still generated a fan base, including Rick Webster, who wanted to continue the series with his own art, and Cindy Hemmet, who would later commit a series of vigilante murders based on Vanjour. Eventually, Long became harmlessly mentally ill and shut herself into her home, living in her own head and haphazard private quarters.

Lethal Obssession
After Hemmet's murders started, the Violent Crimes Task Force realizes their connection to the comic books, and they track down Long at her home. She appears dead on the floor, but she gets up, apparently just resting. She then rambles on about her comics, and when asked about Vanjour, she fanatically recalls her stories, even raising her own swords around in the air as she lauds her in all her majesty. The team, finding her very unusual, examines her swords and brings her to the office, but she's soon cleared as a suspect, and when elaborating on Vanjour's signature killing method, she eventually leads them to Hemmet. It's assumed, being that she's no danger, that she's sent back home despite her insanity.