Law and Order
Register
Advertisement

Eric Plummer was a serial killer who stalked Detective Olivia Benson.

Background[]

Plummer had been investigated by Detective Benson years ago for rape and attempted murder. He was innocent, but due to bad eyewitness testimony, he was falsely convicted and sent to prison. During his incarceration, his wife divorced him, and he was regularly beaten, raped, and tortured. He was also given a cellmate, Russell Williams, whom he talked to about Detective Benson. He also used Williams to send letters to his ex-wife without the warden knowing. Seven years later, he was exonerated due to new DNA evidence. He changed his name and got a job at Baseline Labs, but he still felt vengeance towards Detective Benson and planned revenge.

Wrath[]

Plummer stalked Benson while she was handling cases. He then lured three people connected to those cases to an office space that he had rented by sending them a letter claiming that they'd won a computer. Once they were in his office, he killed them by drugging them with Valium and potassium chloride. He viewed them as victims of Benson who needed to be put out of their misery. He then took their bodies to a federally funded area to ensure legal attention that would get back to Benson.

While SVU is investigating the murders, Plummer continues to stalk Benson and follows her when she question Bruce Derricks, the abusive father of one of the people he killed, while he is in holding on a drunk and disorderly conduct. He pays Derricks' bail and then kills him. However, unlike the others, he drugs him with Pavulon, viewing him as a perpetrator and wanting him to suffer. He then puts his body in front of Benson’s apartment door for her to see.

Plummer is eventually identified as a suspect and brought in for questioning. He denies everything, and since there is not enough evidence, the detectives are forced to let him go. Benson later sees Plummer on her way back from a bar and attempts to get a warrant because of this, but Cabot says they can't because they had made a mistake before. Later, Cabot convinces an EADA to give Plummer's former cellmate, who is currently on trial for another murder, a deal in exchange for information that could lead to Plummer's arrest. He tells them about the letters, which the detectives later find at Plummer's ex-wife apartment. Then, while searching Plummer's apartment, they find the drugs that he used to kill his victims.

However, before he could be arrested, Plummer holds a woman gunpoint in front of Benson. She offers to testify on his behalf if he stands down, but Plummer rejects the offer and prepares to shoot the woman, only to be shot dead by Benson. His gun is then revealed to not have been loaded, and Plummer had used her to commit suicide-by-cop.

Known Victims[]

  • 2001:
    • Unknown dates: Detective Olivia Benson (stalked)
    • February 25-26: The bodies found at the federal facility (all drugged with Valium and killed with doses of potassium chloride):
      • Peter Cordell (the father of a rape-murder victim)
      • Carmella Barrantes (a rape victim)
      • Clayton Derricks (a child abuse and sodomy victim)
    • February 28: Bruce Derricks (Clayton Derricks' father and abuser; suffocated from a dose of Pavulon)
    • March 2: Janice (held hostage with an unloaded gun)
Advertisement