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Minor Character: New York
Name	Leonard Brooks
Gender	Male
City	New York
Status	Alive
Portrayed By	Rob Morrow
First Appearance	Reignited

Leonard Brooks is a serial arsonist who appears in the ninth season of CSI: NY.

Background

Initially, Brooks was suspected of committing at least ten fires, though he was only convicted of the last one. He was caught because he realized someone was still in the building he had targeted. He even ran back in to try and save her and administered CPR, but couldn't resuscitate her. In prison, he was interviewed by psychology student Eva Mason, who became obsessed with him over time. After his release, he tried to keep his addiction to fire in check, but eventually started purposely harming people who had wronged him in the past.

Biography

Season Nine

Reignited

Having just been released from prison, Brooks becomes the prime suspect of an arson attack on the same building he had set on fire many years before since the M.O. fit his old one perfectly.

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Modus Operandi

Brooks started his fires using a chemical compound of potassium permanganate and glycerin. He used wax paper and dryer sheets as fuel, laying them out in neat rows in hallways to spread the fire. He also painted fire gel on the walls to spread the flames further and disabled the sprinkler system by cutting off its OS&Y valve.

Known Victims

Arsons

• ?-1997: Nine suspected presumably victimless fires. Named ones include:
  • 1992: A building on Hudson Street
  • 1993: A building on 8th Street
  • 1994: A building at the corner of Thompson and Spring Street
  • 1995: A building on Prince Street

Murders

• 1997: Unnamed woman (killed by accident in a fire; tried to revive her)

Quotes

• "How did that make you feel?"
  "Safe. Like nothing or nobody could hurt me. I made those flames dance, I was in control. But after that there was no going back. I was never gonna be scared again."
  -Leonard during an interview about his first fire.

Appearances