Paul Triff

Paul Triff is a career criminal and the former cellmate of serial killer Gabriel Hicks.
==Biography==
===Pre-Series===
Prior to his debut, Triff was a known furrier though it was suspected his business was a front for other illegal activities, smuggling diamonds. He was convicted for the murder of three men he dismembered in his bathtub with an electric carving knife; having been caught in the act and arresting police describing him as being so blood soaked that he was mistaken for a demon.
Aside from his crimes, he is most well known for being the previous owner of the apartment Tony previously and McGee currently owns.
===NCIS Season 14===
In What Lies Above (episode), McGee catches armed assailants one night in the apartment and finds his floors and walls have been damaged, the team look into previous owners for clues to what they were looking for. With Tony a dead end, the group look at the owner before him and learn the owner was Paul Triff; a convicted killer who dismembered three men and the crime being the reason the rent was so cheap.
McGee and Quin went to Maryland Corrections to question Triff who was at first greatly amused at McGee being the current owner but became genuinely upset at hearing the floors and walls were damaged in the robbery. Although he gave obvious signs that he might know more than he indicates, he purposely withheld the information as a possible way of making McGee uncomfortable.
Thanks to Abby using a special x-ray machine, she was able to find a hidden body in the bedroom that had a key to a safety deposit box. Now knowing Triff was involved in the murder of Logan Pruitt, the killer admitted that his furrier business was a front for smuggling and he was part of a large missing diamond case, having stored Pruitt's body under the floorboards to wait until things were clear enough to get the diamonds but was arrested before that happened.
McGee pays a final visit to Triff to inform him that the case was solved and Triff's deal for a better cell would not go through. As McGee leaves, Triff gives a final haunting possibility that there may or may not be any more surprises to find.
===NCIS Season 15===
In Keep Your Enemies Closer (episode), NCIS and, especially McGee, reluctantly call upon Triff to help in the case concerning Gabriel Hicks when they learn the two were cellmates when Hicks was first arrested. Though Triff is known to enjoy the discomfort of McGee knowing everything that previously happened in the apartment, he was offering genuine help to solve the case in exchange for returning to the apartment for a few days.
Though Palmer and the team did everything they could to remove all signs of McGee's family to keep them safe, Triff showed an excellent sense of smell when he not only revealed McGee has a family but specifically pointed out the genders of his children. Through this, Triff was able to lure McGee into talking about their similar backgrounds of having unsupportive father figures, labeling them to now be best friends, but also clueing McGee into Hicks target type and how a recent kidnapped witness would most likely be sparred.
When Hicks found his way to McGee's apartment, Triff was able to help by using the door of his enclosure to knock Hicks back and then took a bullet meant for McGee, a minor injury that would leave his arm in a sling for a while. After Hicks was successfully arrested by Gibbs and Fornell, the team expressed gratitude for Triff helping.
Triff would get one final dig at McGee when the agent tried to thank him by self-appointing himself as the twin's new godfather, reaffirming that he and McGee are best friends and now family; stating the McGee family is safe from him as he does not turn on family and is sent back to Maryland Corrections.
==Personality==
Triff is described by Agent Sloane that he craves attention for things he has done, good or bad. While he had claimed self-defense to killing the three men, he shows no signs of regrets for what he had done. One of his biggest concerns he regularly shows is for his former apartment as he has put immense work and money into expensive features that he is upset at hearing of their condition when McGee caught robbers.
==Physical Appearance==
Triff appears like an average man. He is just a few inches shorter than McGee with short dark hair and black rimmed glasses. He has an average build and is only seen wearing prison attire.
==Victims==
*2002:
**Logan Pruitt- (hit over the head and sliced his neck).
**Three unnamed smugglers- (hacked to death with an electric carving knife).
==Relationships==
*Timothy McGee: Upon learning that McGee is the newest owner of the apartment, Triff delighted in making the agent uncomfortable concerning the history of events in the dwelling. However, in later events, Triff would offer real help in catching his former cellmate where he somewhat formed a bond with McGee when learning they both had father issues and then took a bullet meant for McGee. Triff has labeled them to be best friends and later self-appointed himself as the new godfather to the twins, although it is unclear how serious he was in these labels.
*Gabriel Hicks: Triff's former cellmate. Triff reveals that he somewhat mentored Hicks in how to become a smarter criminal but found Hicks was still too inexperienced given how long it took him to track Triff down. While cellmates, they appear to have been fairly close as Triff states that Hicks regularly confided in him.
Category:Americans in NCIS
Category:Recurring Characters in NCIS
category:Criminals in NCIS
Category:Serial Killers in NCIS