Lauren Martin (Bones)

Lauren Martin (Erin Cardillo) is the main villainess from "The Blood from the Stones," episode 8.20 of Bones (airdate March 25, 2013). She is the wife of police officer Reuben Martin, who was the episode's murder victim.
The badly decomposed body of a man who was identified as Quentin Coles was found in his car in the beginning of the episode, with a collection of diamonds inside. It was Dr. Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth's investigation that revealed Quentin's identity as undercover cop Reuben Martin, and regarding Lauren, she wept for her husband and blamed his commanding officer, Joe Lando, for his death, stating that Reuben wanted a raise and he promised that the job he was on was going to be his last. Marcos Herrera and Paula Byrne, a pair of ATM robbers, were suspected in Reuben's murder, but after leather and alcohol were found on the body, the killer was revealed to be none other than Lauren.
As revealed later on, Reuben planned to take the diamonds and used the robbers in his plan to exchange the diamonds for cash, which he stashed in a secret safe in the house. Lauren was Reuben's sole reason for his actions, and while she enjoyed having the money and everything he gave her, she didn't want Reuben anymore, so she shot her husband to death--firing the gun through her leather purse. The shot smashed her bottle of perfume, and afterwards, Lauren masked her role as a greedy villainess with her act as a grieving widow. However, the leather and alcohol gave Lauren away, and she was interrogated by Booth and Caroline Julian in the episode's climax. Lauren claimed ignorance regarding the safe and the gun, but when Booth stated that Lauren didn't want the money and everything that was given to her anymore, the evil Lauren callously corrected Booth by saying that she did want it all, just not Reuben. Lauren was later arrested (off-screen).
== Trivia ==
* Erin Cardillo also appeared as the psychotic Elizabeth Barker on CSI: NY, and later played villainess Cindy Paralti on Castle.
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Category:2010s
Category:Blonde
Category:Callous
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murder: Gun
Category:Murderer
Category:Opportunistic Corruption
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Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested