Why Red John didn`t kill Jane ? I think because is someone who know him and cannot kill him ... i have many scenarios ... i think in the first time , the crimes was made by jane and his father ... and they kill someone from CBI ... maybe Virgil Minelli son / daughter , or someone else ... and He find that jane is the criminal and he revenge on jane`s family ... i don`t know for sure ... but i think Red John could be jane`s father or someone who find that jane is a serial criminal  , and with his new crimes want to make jane responsible because in the past he investigated jane`s murders ... another thing ... i think kirkland suspects jane to be red john ... because when they meet he said to Jane "You don`t know me ... but i know you "  . this is why they don t trust lisbon because they think she is jane accomplice 

I think the shaking of hands is a way of saying that Pj and Rj are already known but not necessarily has happened in the show.
It is assumed that when you meet someone you shake hands and discard those we have not seen shaking hands its a big mistake.

Red John is Jane's brother in law, Danny.

According to Patrick Danny is, from episode 302, a great con artist and a psychopath.
Was mad when he took his sister away from him. It was the only good think to happen to him.
He doesn't seem to be mad at Red John at all despite killing his sister.
Very competitive with Jane.
Fits the physical description. Taller than Jane. Athletic like we have seen in episode 302 when escaped the cop.

Ok guys! I'll tell who Red John is. Do you remember saying Bruno Heller saying 'We will be surprised when we find out who RJ is'? On this site everyone in the series was accused to be Red John. So we won't be surprised when Red John is revealed. That means it can only be one person: its BRUNO HELLER! Yeah, right! He will say that he was trolling us.

P.S.: And don't you dare to mark this post with 'unlikely'?! Just kidding. No, seriously you can mark whatever you want..

Could Red John be someone from the carnival Patrick knows? 



In the last episode they find Lorelei's corpse amongst carnival items.  At least one item, a yellow and red pedestral appeared too in S03 E02 (Cackle-bladder Blood), where Patrick and Teresa visited Patrick's old carnival. 



Also, tvguide.com writes: "This season has been about Jane digging into the notion that it's not that Red John could be anyone; it's that Red John is one of a very specific set of people that Jane is uniquely qualified to investigate," Tom Szentgyorgyi tells us.   (Link: http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mega-Buzz-New-Girl-Following-Spoilers-1062691.aspx) 



Could this set of people be the carnival? What other group of people is Jane uniquely qualified to investigate?  And if so did we see Red John already in S03 E02?  



I watched that episode and there is only one person who caught my attention, a man in an overall doing some manual work. (appearing at 09:26 and 13:26). He could be in the early 40s, is Caucasian and has short hair.  According to Rosalind Harker Red John has rough hands which indicates that he is someone who works with his hands.  



Points against this theory:   Red John could have placed Lorelei amongst carnival items to taunt Patrick. And he doesn't seem to be someone who would give away such an important clue unless he didn't have time to move Lorelei.  Red John's rough hands could have been a result of his long-lasting construction work in the cellar in S01 E23 and it might have been a singular event. 



What do you think?

Robert Kirkland. My guess would be him. it appears he is hiding something. He and patrick jane shook hands. Kirkland told him that he knew Patrick Jane when he shook hands. My Final guess would be him and perhaps maybe Bret Partridge could be Red John.

I think they should do a Mentalist/Criminal Minds crossover episode.