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Peter Bernardone is a psychologically disturbed animal owner who, after being arrested for trying to kill serial killer Clark Ingram, consults with Will Graham on occasion.

Plot[]

Peter owned numerous animals, including a horse who gave him a traumatic brain injury from a kick. He is assigned a social worker, Clark Ingram, a serial killer who murdered Sarah Craber. Although Peter did not know her on a personal level, he knew who she was. He dug up her body, put a living bird inside her chest, and then put her body inside a horse's womb. Peter is relieved when he hears the bird survived, and he points Will Graham in Clark Ingram's direction. Following his interview with the FBI, Clark kills the horse that injured Peter, after releasing nearly all of Peter's caged animals. Clark confronts Peter and tries to manipulate him into thinking he killed Sarah, the other victims found at the dig site, and the horse. This provokes Peter to attack him and stuff him into the horse's womb. Will assumes Clark is dead; however, Peter reveals that he never killed anyone, and just wanted Clark to feel the suffocation that his victims felt when they were murdered. Hannibal Lecter witnesses Clark escape from the horse's womb, and stands aside to see if Will Graham will kill him. Will almost shoots Clark, but Hannibal stops him at the last moment. Following this, both Peter and Clark are arrested.

Shiizakana[]

Peter is seen again in a later episode (Shiizakana) when Will was looking for an animal that mauled a corpse. Peter reveals that the victim was killed by a bear and wolf, which helps lead Will in the right direction to solve the case.

Notes[]

  • Will sympathized with Peter, knowing what it was like to point out a killer but have no one believe him.
  • While imprisoned, Peter took a rat as a pet and named it Kevin.
  • Peter's name is a reference to the Catholic saint Francis of Assisi, whose given name was Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone. St. Francis is known for his poverty and humility, and for his kindness toward and ability to commune with animals.

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