Fawnley Creighton

Biographical Information

Full Name

Fawnley Creighton

Species

Deer

Gender

Female

Status

Deceased (before S02E11)

Professional Information

Occupation

Safety officer

Series Information

First Appearance

S02E11 "The Cartographer"

Last Appearance

S02E11 "The Cartographer"

Cause of Death

Murdered by Orin Draftwell

Contents

Fawnley Creighton is a deer and former safety officer who appears posthumously in S02E11 "The Cartographer" as one of three victims of serial killer Orin Draftwell. Her death, along with those of Mark Bandit and Cedric Damm, drives the ZSI-BAU investigation that forms the central plot of the episode.

Background

Fawnley Creighton worked as a safety officer at a construction site where an incident resulted in two deaths. An official investigation ruled the deaths accidental, and Creighton was cleared of wrongdoing.

Series History

Season 2

S02E11 "The Cartographer"

Creighton is introduced during the ZSI-BAU briefing as the first of Draftwell's three victims, killed four weeks before the episode's events. Spencer Reid presents her case alongside those of Mark Bandit and Cedric Damm: all three were involved in incidents that resulted in civilian deaths but were cleared by official investigations.

The BAU profiles Draftwell as a vigilante who targets mammals he believes escaped accountability---mammals the system cleared, whether rightfully or not. Creighton fits this pattern: two mammals died at her construction site, but the investigation ruled it accidental, finding no fault on her part.

Tara Lewis observes that Draftwell is "correcting the system's failures" in his mind, but Reid notes the danger of this philosophy: Draftwell doesn't actually know if his victims were guilty. The investigations that cleared them might have been correct. Some of his victims may have been genuinely innocent.

When Draftwell is finally arrested, Derek Morgan lists all three victims by name: "You're under arrest for the murders of Cedric Damm, Mark Bandit, and Fawnley Creighton."

Impact

Creighton's death serves several narrative purposes:

Pattern establishment: As the first victim, her death establishes Draftwell's MO of targeting mammals cleared by official investigations
Moral complexity: The question of whether Creighton was genuinely innocent or escaped deserved consequences is deliberately left ambiguous
Vigilante critique: Her case demonstrates Reid's point that Draftwell's self-appointed justice may be punishing the innocent

Trivia

Creighton is the first of Draftwell's three victims chronologically, killed four weeks before the episode begins.
The two deaths at her construction site are described only in Reid's briefing; no further details about the incident are provided.