who killed hotchner's wife in criminal minds
George Foyet
title: Meredith Monroe text: appearing only on the DVD extended-cut release). She is also known for her role in "Criminal Minds" as Haley Hotchner, Aaron Hotchner's wife. Monroe left the series after her character was murdered by a recurring villain, The Boston Reaper (C. Thomas Howell), in the 100th episode. In 2018, she joined the cast of "13 Reasons Why" in season two as Carolyn, the mother of Alex Standall. Meredith Monroe Meredith Monroe (born December 30, 1969) is an American actress best known for portraying Andie McPhee on "Dawson's Creek" from 1998 to 2003, and her recurring role as Haley Hotchner on "Criminal title: Aaron Hotchner text: Aaron Hotchner Aaron Hotchner is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama "Criminal Minds", portrayed by Thomas Gibson. He is a Supervisory Special Agent and the unit chief of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and has appeared from the series' pilot episode "Extreme Aggressor", which was originally broadcast on September 22, 2005. Hotch begins the series married to his high school sweetheart Haley (Meredith Monroe). They have a son named Jack (Cade Owens), though they later separated over Hotch's dedication to his job. Meredith Monroe's character Haley was later killed in season five by serial killer George Foyet. On title: 100 (Criminal Minds) text: a frantic drive to his own house, Hotch calls Haley and speaks with Foyet. Foyet tells Haley how her ex-husband broke their deal by still trying to track him down. Therefore, he has to kill Hotch's family in retaliation. Hotch informs Jack that he needs to help his dad work the case, and so Jack goes upstairs. Haley tells Hotch he needs to tell his son how they met so Jack would still believe in love. Foyet shoots her three times as Hotch and the rest of the team listen on the phone. Hotch arrives at his house, enters, and title: 100 (Criminal Minds) text: discovers bloody footprints leading up the stairs. He finds Haley's body lying on the floor and sees a figure hiding behind the curtains. Hotch empties a clip into the hidden figure, who turns out to be Foyet wearing a bullet-proof vest. Foyet falls to the floor and the two men fight. Hotch beats Foyet to death, even after Foyet surrenders. The rest of the team arrives. Morgan (Shemar Moore), Prentiss (Paget Brewster) and Rossi (Joe Mantegna) check upstairs and find Hotch still beating Foyet, causing Morgan to have to pull Hotch away from Foyet. Hotch goes to check on Jack, title: 100 (Criminal Minds) text: Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) takes a look at the laptop in the home and discovers Foyet had set up an internet alert for Peter Rhea, which meant he would be alerted when anyone did a search on the name. In the home, there are also photos of Sam Kassmeyer (D.B. Sweeney), the U.S. Marshal assigned to protect Hotch's ex-wife, Haley (Meredith Monroe), and son, Jack (Cade Owens). The team goes to the safe house, and they find Sam Kassmeyer seriously injured, shot by Foyet. Sam apologizes to Hotch, and it is revealed that Foyet had stolen Sam's cell phone and repeatedly