As a child, Everett Lynch became an unwitting accomplice in his mother's fraud schemes. Roberta Lynch (Sharon Lawrence) used her young son, and the false claim of being destitute, to trick men into marrying her. When the husbands were no longer of financial use to her, Roberta would leave them. These schemes went on for some time and greatly shaped the man Everett would become. For each new target, Roberta and Everett would reinvent themselves, changing their appearance or history to ensnare the new mark, which kept a young Everett from developing his own personality. Not surprisingly, Everett came to see his mother's actions as an enjoyable game that usually resulted in a profit.
Everett eventually broke away from his mother after her negligence nearly resulted in the drowning death of his young daughter, Grace. With his daughter in tow, Everett began following his mother's footsteps. Unlike Roberta, though, Everett wasn't content to simply con women out of money. When he was done with his victims, he'd kill them and remove their faces to keep as trophies, which caught the attention of the BAU.
