Melinda Grossman

was the unsub of 1x05, "Ballistic"

Timeline: September, 2007

Location: Brattonville, MD

Age: unknown; around 12

Classification: Gamma

Gammanalysis
Crack: death of her father, Ethan Grossman, in Iraq

Manifestation: the ability to shoot imaginary "bullets" which cause real holes. She carries an old service revolver which was her father's. She believes it is shooting the victims, but in fact we learn in Act III that it is not.

Victims: military survivors; people who have personally harmed her in some way

Current status: dead

Quote
''"Oh yeah," Tommy says. "He was a big hero like G.I. Joe. Well, your stupid lunchbox is gay, and your Dad was gay too. He probably got shot in the back trying to run away."

''That sunburned feeling is back now, itching and stinging all over and your skin feels too tight. "He did not," you say, but you can't hear your own voice over the gun. It's cool and heavy in your sweaty hand and it whispers--not stern and demanding anymore, but sweet and comforting like Daddy when he tucked you in at night.

''"He did not. He did not."

''Your daddy didn't get shot running away.

''But Tommy does.

''And even though Grandma always said the gun isn't loaded, there's still a crack and Tommy falls, and blood spreads through the grass in the shade of the old oak tree. You shake all over. You've never been so hungry.

--Melinda manifests, from the episode Ballistic