<P> In the season 3 finale , `` Strawberries and Cream ( Part 2 ) '' , Jane encounters a man ( played by Bradley Whitford ) in a shopping mall who convinces him he is Red John and whom he subsequently kills . However , after this `` cliffhanger '' episode , over the course of the first several episodes of season 4 , Jane determines that the man he killed , Timothy Carter , although a psychopathic killer himself , was not Red John but one of the killer 's many operatives . </P>
<P> In the season 3 finale , `` Strawberries and Cream ( Part 2 ) '' , Jane encounters a man ( played by Bradley Whitford ) in a shopping mall who convinces him he is Red John and whom he subsequently kills . However , after this `` cliffhanger '' episode , over the course of the first several episodes of season 4 , Jane determines that the man he killed , Timothy Carter , although a psychopathic killer himself , was not Red John but one of the killer 's many operatives . </P>
who did patrick jane kill in the mall
who did patrick jane kill in the mall
Timothy Carter
Timothy Carter