Disambiguation: This page is about the criminal accomplice. For the episode, see Amelia Porter.
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Amelia Porter is a killer and the former accomplice of Benton Farland, who appeared in the Season Ten episode "Amelia Porter".
Background[]
Born sometime in 1972, Porter had a submissive personality, even as an adult, according to her parents. She had several relationships with younger men, all of whom presumably manipulated her. In 2002, she was a one time Ephebophile due to the fact she dated a teenager named Benton Farland, who was obsessed with and romantically fixated on his sister Miriam. Enraged that she wasn't paying attention to him, Farland decided to rape and kill Miriam. As a result, Porter was pressured by him on October 5 to get high on drugs. With her train of thought disoriented by them, she complied with Farland's orders to kill Miriam and she stabbed her to death. Realizing what she had done, she fled into the wilderness. Porter eventually took the blame for Miriam's murder after Farland was arrested, claiming to police investigators that she was the dominant partner in their relationship and a manipulative psychopath. Using skills that she learned from her father, who was a survivalist, Porter managed to make it to Canada and lived in the Northwest Territories for seven years. During that time, she had been spotted twice, the latest sighting being in 2009. That same year, she moved back to the U.S. under an alias and began living a normal yet reclusive lifestyle as an organic farmer.
Amelia Porter[]
Porter is confronted by Farland in her home as she washes an apple. When she asks how he managed to find her, he tells her about how she had gotten drunk and told him about one of the survival plans she learned from her father. Porter then spots Farland's niece Rebecca, who he abducted two days earlier. After learning she is Miriam's daughter, she realizes what is about to happen and calls Farland sick. He then beats her and yells at her for abandoning him, but stops after Rebecca yells at him and kisses Porter. Then, he reveals that he brought Rebecca along with her so they can relive the day they killed Miriam. Horrified, Rebecca tries to escape but is caught by Farland and held at knifepoint. After tying up Rebecca and forcing her down onto the floor, Farland gives Porter a knife and comments that while Rebecca is younger than him, he is still willing to go on with the act because she looks like Miriam. He then tries forcing Porter at gunpoint to stab Rebecca, claiming that she wants to. Porter refuses, and when Farland tries telling her she loved stabbing Miriam, she reminds him that she had been high on drugs at the time.
As she accuses him of killing Miriam, Rossi, Reid, and Kate burst into the home, prompting Farland to run over to Rebecca and hold her at gunpoint as she tries to flee again. The agents hold him at gunpoint and Porter tries telling them what Farland was planning on doing, but he feigns innocence and accuses her of killing Miriam, to which she accuses him of being a madman. The agents pretend to believe Farland's story and tell him that Porter is the one they want. When she attempts to proclaim her innocence, Kate asks her why she ran, to which she tells her that no one would have believed her version over a seventeen-year-old boy's. Reid then tells Farland that Andy (his nephew who he had shot earlier) survived his gunshot wound and says he told police that Farland had been forced to commit his killing spree out of necessity. However, Farland eyes Kate as she continues pointing the gun at him and realizes they are lying. When Porter tries to flee, Farland releases Rebecca and fatally shoots himself in the head, much to Porter's horror.
It has not been specified on what happened to Porter afterward, but considering she still fled the scene of a crime, she was most likely incarcerated.
Modus Operandi[]
Since Porter only killed one victim, the term "M.O." is somewhat misused. When she killed Miriam Farland, she stabbed her to death with a knife while high on drugs and under Benton Farland's orders. She later tried to kill Farland's niece Rebecca after he threatened her at gunpoint.
Profile[]
No official profile was made of Porter since the BAU was focused primarily on Farland.
Known Victims[]
- October 5, 2002: Miriam Farland (Benton's sister; killed under Benton's manipulation)
- December 4, 2014: Rebecca Farland (Miriam's daughter; attempted to kill under Benton's orders)