Rachel Holland:  

At age 16, a crime visited upon Rachel by the man she loved resulted in the death of her unborn baby, in significant injuries to her body, and in lifelong illness. A devout Christian, she protected those involved in the crime, especially Jonathan, but the pain of that event led to a reevaluation of her rejection of the family business: Law Enforcement. Because of the pain and suffering and horror of the physical harm and emotional harm that was done to her, along with the feeling of inescapable helplessness, she reversed course in life. Because of the loss of her child, a fire was lit within her. She went from refusing a life in law enforcement and all of the violence that comes with such a life, to committing herself to a life in law enforcement which would allow her to protect others from violent criminals. She went from destined homemaker, wife and mother, to wanting nothing more than to catch criminals, as her officer and agent uncles had taught her to do. Rachel graduated from the University of California at Irvine with degrees in Criminology and History of Religion and Law and she became a Criminologist, but only for a time, first as a researcher and then as a consultant. After the cost to those who serve became clear to her and she realized that, in every criminal, she was looking at another woman's child, she chose to walk away, opting for a quieter life. Having suffered the murder of her own child, she couldn't particip...Expand for more