Victim of Dexter - Jonathan Farrow

Episode: "Slack Tide" Jonathan Farrow

Victim name: Jonathan Farrow

Age/Occupation: Photographer

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He goes to Farrow's photography studio and finds a trail of blood with luminal that leads to a chipped finger nail. The fingernail belongs to an arm found in a gators stomach. He goes to a club Farrow visits and was going to capture him there, but runs into Quinn (who was following him) so he aborts. Attempt two- he goes to his house and waits for him there while he is suppose to be camping with Cody.

Why victim deserves it: Dexter suspected him of killing at least three of his models that he photographed

Victim's victims: None

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter uses Farrow's camera flashes to draw him in, sneaks up behind him, and chokes him with a wire. He covers his photography studio in plastic and has his victim's pictures (or so he thought) flashing on the wall. Farrow is plastic wrapped to a lighted table and Dexter takes his blood slide. He uses a butcher knife to chop off his head.

Victim's last words: “Because of my pictures, those women will live on forever!

Dexter's last words to victim: "Nothing last forever"

Location of killing: Farrow's photo studio in his house

Close calls/slip-ups: Quinn was following Dexter and saw him stalking Farrow. When Farrow turns up missing Quinn may suspect him. At the end of the episode Dexter finds out that Farrow was innocent and his assistant was the killer.

Victim of Dexter - Zoey Kruger

Episode:"Dex Takes a Holiday"

Victim name: Zoey Kruger


Age/Occupation: Police Officer

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He investigates her past during an open house she was holding to sell her house. He finds a piece of the glove she used to shoot herself and plant blood evidence at her husband and child's murder. She caught on to his investigation and tried to turn the tables on him by threatening him. Dexter then purposely agitated her by pressing forward with his investigation, until she breaks into his house, where th ey struggle breaking his "Dad mug". He sudues her and takes her to her house.

Why victim deserves it: She faked a home invasion so that she could kill her husband and daughter; she framed drug dealer, Darius Rey, who later died under fishy circumstances.


Victim's victims: Husband, Daughter. Suspected in drug dealer-Darius Rey


Dexter's kill methods and rituals: He wraps Zoey's late daughter's bedroom in plastic. Has a baby mobile hanging with her victims pictures. Plastic wraps her to the bed. Takes his blood slide and stabs her in the abdomen.

Victim's last words: "You will choose your life over theirs"

Dexter's last words to victim: "I don't want to lose them.. i don't.. thats the difference between us!"

Location of killing: Zoey's late daughter's bedroom

Close calls/slip-ups: Officer Kruger had a friend in the clerk's office notify her that someone had requested her case file. When she discovers that it is Dexter, she tails him in traffic and pulls him over to warn him to back off.

Victim of Dexter - Benito "Benny" Gomez

Episode: "Living the Dream"

Victim name: Benito "Benny" Gomez

Age/Occupation: Retired Boxer

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Following Quinn's case notes Dexter goes to Tito's bar (a hang out of Benny's) and falls asleep, waking up to a cop. So instead he knocks on Benny's trailer door and injects him before he can react.


Why victim deserves it:He bludgeoned a man to death in front of his son. Beat his girlfriend to death.

Victim's victims: His girlfriend. A father of two.


Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Completely covered the boxing ring in his usual plastic with a table in the middle. Benny is plastic wrapped to the table and Dexter is jealous he gets to sleep. Dexter smells a smelling salt to wake himself up and does a little boxing dance. Takes his blood slide and Rita interrupts with a phone call so Dexter kills Benny quick.

Victim's last words:" I know you"

Dexter's last words to victim: "I'm the blood guy" & " You've made alot of people very miserable-including me"

Location of killing: Del Rubios-A broken down abandoned boxing arena.

Close calls/slip-ups: Because Rita calls Dexter, asking him to go to a pharmacy, Dexter kills Benny hastily and hides the body. When Dexter crashes his car due to sleep deprivation, he forgets where the body parts are hidden. He remembers that they are hidden in a punching bag hoisted up to the ceiling when he sees blood dripping onto the boxing arena.


Season 4
Benito Gomez was a former boxer who beat up couple of people to death, to the point of disfiguration. He became Dexter's first victim in Season 4.

Gomez was arrested by Joey Quinn and was being prosecuted. However a fatigued Dexter brought wrong evidence to the court and Gomez was released, which caused Quinn to get very upset with Dexter. Gomez was later caught by Dexter when he was at home and killed in an abandoned boxing ring.

Victim of Dexter - Ethan Turner

Episode: "Turning Biminese"

Victim name: Ethan Turner

Age/Occupation: I'd say "black widow"

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Goes to a beach Ethan's cruise was going to leave and watches him. Dexter goes on the cruise ship, finds Ethan's room and sneaks up on him with his trusty needle.

Why victim deserves it: Killed his first wife by drug overdose. Uses her money to hire a dream team of lawyers that get him off. Killed his second wife on a cruise ship and the FBI decides not to prosecute.

Victim's victims: His first and second wealthy wifes

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter covers Ethan's room on the cruise ship with plastic. Wraps Ethan in plastic and lays him on the floor. Dexter takes his blood slide and since he is not wrapped to anything Dexter has to use his knees to keep him down. He stabs him in the chest cuts him up, wraps in in garbage bags and disposes of him out the porthole in Ethan's room.

Victim's last words: "Hey..ugh-"

Dexter's last words to victim: "I've been going through some changes myself lately. I'm getting married and I have a baby on the way...ME. Even though my life may never be the same I want to thank you for reminding me how important it is to take time for oneself. Savor these moments alone."

Location of killing: In Ethan's room on the cruise ship.

Close calls/slip-ups: Dexter "took care" of Ethan just one day after Miguel shared with him the frustration he felt over letting this guy get away. Once Miguel got the news that Ethan went missing, he immediately sensed Dexter was responsible (especially since the Coast Guard couldn't find Dex where he said he'd be). In a way, Miguel had set this up, and Dexter came through for him to finish a job he couldn't legally do himself. Dexter's overzealousness could not be hidden from Miguel.


Season 3
Ethan Turner had killed at least 2 of his wives and took their money and assets. Miguel Prado mentions him in a conversation with Dexter. According to Miguel , he got away with his first wife's murder by staging it as an overdose of pain meds. Then recently, he got rid of his second wife while on a cruise in International waters where Miguel has no jurisdiction. Dexter decides to investigate him.He first checks Ethan out at a resort/hobby store and makes casual conversation with him. Once he discovers that Ethan is headed on a cruise to Bimini, Bahamas, Dexter follows him onto the ship. Once onboard, he creeps up on Ethan after he gets out of the shower in his room. Dexter then kills him and disposes of him within one hour. Ethan is later declared missing, when he is not found on the ship.

Victim of Dexter - Nathan Marten

Episode:"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

Victim name: Nathan Marten

Age/Occupation: Photographer and Convicted sexual predator/offender

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: At the beach with Rita and the kids Astor spots Nathan taking pictures of the children. The next day Dexter finds Nathan by a children's play area and confronts him. That night Dexter goes to Nathan's house and looks through his windows.

Why victim deserves it: He's a convicted sex offender and is ready to strike again. Although he never killed anybody, and he hasn't committed any crimes that he hasn't already paid for in prison, Dexter kills him because he feels that this man threatens "his children" (a first for Dexter).

Victim's victims: none

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter breaks into Nathan's house and see him looking at pictures on his computer of Cody and Astor at the beach. He gets really upset and strangles him (not Dexter's usual way-not even a blood slide) While dragging him out he remembers he needs milk for the children and takes it from Nathan's fridge.

Victim's last words: "ugh............."

Dexter's last words to victim: His thoughts "but maybe there is another code a code that says you've stepped uninvited into my world..and that's a place where I decide who gets to live and who doesn't" To Nathan- "I am not like you"

Location of killing: Nathan's house

Close calls/slip-ups: none

Victim of Dexter - Fred Bowman aka "Freebo"

Episode:Finding Freebo
Victim name: Fred Bowman aka "Freebo"

Age/Occupation: Drug Dealer

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Starts at Freebo's house where he ends up killing Oscar Prado . Seaching for clues to his where-abouts he goes to Teagan's (Freebo's recently found dead girlfriend) house. He finds him there, but has know kill tools. He goes home gets them and sneaks up on him and strangles him with a belt.

Why victim deserves it: Killed two co-ed girls in the everglades and got off on a state police screw-up. Also, he would rat Dexter out as Oscar Prado 's real killer if the police found him first.

Victim's victims:Two co-ed girls. Suspected in his girlfriend Teagan's murder.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Freebo is plastic wrapped to a ladder wapped in plastic. Dexter takes his blood slide, then (using the same knife that Oscar Prado tried to kill Freebo with first and that Dexter killed Oscar with) he stabs him in the neck

Victim's last words: no..last Sunday no...I was getting high with Sherry..or Carrie shes ah.. shes ah hell of a f...

Dexter's last words to victim: You seem uncertain. It's uncomfortable isn't it. Just when you think you've answered all the questions another one smacks you in the face..Life, Life, Life. Life is just like that! Which is why I prefer death.

Location of killing: In Teagan's detached garage

Close calls/slip-ups: Miguel Prado catches Dexter off-guard right after Dexter kills Freebo. Dexter intercepts Prado outside before he could see the kill room and convinces Prado that he only killed Freebo in self-defense. Prado seems very grateful to Dexter since he was there to kill Freebo himself and wasn't sure if he could go through with it. This seems to be a big bonding moment for them.

Season 3
Fred Bowman aka Freebo was a drug dealer, who had killed two college girls but got off due to a bad warrant. Dexter arrived at his house, claiming that he wants to purchase some drugs, but actually he wanted to get the insight of Freebo's home. Later that night, when Dexter came to kill him Freebo was fighting a man named Oscar Prado and managed to escape from both Dexter and Oscar. Police believed that Freebo had killed Oscar, while Dexter had actually killed him and became the prime target of policemen throughout the city. At first it was believed that Freebo had left town, his girlfriend Teegan was found dead, which made Dexter think that Freebo is still in town. Police had no idea that the dead girl was Freebo's girlfriend until Debra found out from a Freebo's associate pimp named Javier Garza, that the dead girl was actually linked to Freebo.Meanwhile Freebo was hiding at his girlfriends house, where Dexter found him, chocked him with garrote wire, took him to a garage, where he set him vertically up on a picnic table in plastic wrap. Dexter cut his cheek, collected blood sample from him, and confronted him about Teagan and other two girls, that he had killed. Freebo, claimed that he didn't kill Teagan, but Dexter didn't believe him and stabed him in the neck with same knife that Oscar had attacked Freebo and was killed by Dexter. A Later it was revealed that Freebo actually didn't kill Teagan, because Javier Garza was found killed in similar way. The real killer was a man named George Washington King, who had had dealings with Freebo and who had lent Freebo some money, which Freebo didn't return and killed people close to Freebo, because Freebo had disrespected him.

Victim of Dexter - Oscar Prado

Episode:Our Father
Struggle with Prado

Victim name: Oscar Prado
Age/Occupation:Coach at a youth club

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He was stalking Freebo(intended victim) at his house

Why victim deserves it: That's the thing--he wasn't Dexter's intended victim and Dexter is unsure if he deserved it.

Victim's victims: ???

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: After a struggle, Dexter stabs Oscar in the chest.

Victim's last words: "Who are you?"

Dexter's last words to victim: "Who are you?"

Location of killing: Freebo's living room

Close calls/slip-ups: Dexter is intent upon killing Freebo, but walks in on a struggle taking place between Freebo and an unidentified, armed man. Freebo escapes and Dexter is left to fight off a man he assumes to be a drug dealer. In self-defense, Dexter kills the man with the knife meant for Freebo. To his horror, Dexter is left standing over his latest victim, unsure if the kill was justified under "Harry's Code". In the struggle, Dexter accidentally loses a crown filling at the scene. He must show up and find it before other investigators on the scene. Later, Dexter checks on Oscar Prado 's record at the police station. He is caught and questioned on it by ADA Miguel Prado.


Season 3
Oscar Prado is younger brother of ADA Miguel Prado and sheriff Ramon Prado, a drug user and one of the few victims that Dexter killed while not following the Code of Harry.

Oscar is first seen at home of a drug dealer Freebo, who is Dexter's selected victim ,struggling with Freebo. Freebo manages to escape and Oscar begans to fight with Dexter, who stabs him in self-defense with Oscar's knife..Oscar's body is seen the next day at the crime scene, where his brothers Ramon and Miguel are also present, as well as at his funeral which Dexter attends, because Miguel had invited him.

First it is believed that Oscar died doing his duty, but Debra managed to learn from a police informant Anton that Oscar was actually a drug user and in Freebo's debt.

Victim of Dexter - George King aka The Skinner

Episode: "Do You Take Dexter Morgan"

Victim name: George King

Age/Occupation: Tree Trimmer/ The Skinner

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He doesn't. George King " The Skinner " walks up behind Dexter and knocks him over the head, taking him hostage.

Why victim deserves it: Skinned and killed Teagan (Freebo's Girlfriend), Javier (a pimp connected to Freebo), and Wendell Owens (Freebo's doorman). Kidnapped and assulted Anton. Tried to skin and kill Dexter.

Victim's victims: Killed Teagan, Javier, and Wendell Owens. Assulted Anton and Dexter.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: The tables are turned and Dexter is tied to a table. While George is going to retrieve his knife to skin and kill Dexter, Dexter flips the table on it's side breaking his hand and setting him free. Dexter is able to subdue George and breaks his neck just as the police are entering the factory. At the perfect time Dexter throws George off the edge and right under the arriving police car. This skins his face (how apropos) and breaks his neck- or so the police think.

Victim's last words: " Let's hope your this talkative once I get my tools"

Dexter's last words to victim: "Miguel Prado tell you that, he wanted me dead so he used you. He played on your obsession...Probably wasn't too hard, Ha ha ha, you are a little single minded."

Location of killing: Old abandoned cigar factory, George's hideout.

Close calls/slip-ups: The police show up to arrest George, but Dexter had just finished killing him. Dexter throws George's body over a railing, causing a squad car to hit it. Dexter escapes from the factory undetected and the police believe it was the impact of their car on the Skinner that broke his neck.


Season 3
George Washington King real name Jorge Orozco, was a man from Nicaragua who was conscripted into his country's army. Jorge rose the rank of Captain in the Resistencia Nicaraguense Army; heading an interrogation unit. Jorge tortured and killed people for a living, to the point he was affectionatly referred to in his homeland as "The Blade". His time in the army left him with a deep need for respect.

Jorge left the army and moved to the United States and settled in Miami; founding and becoming boss of his own tree-trimming company. Jorge was driven to become a serial killer; named " The Skinner " (for cutting cutting off portions of skin from his victim's bodies after, or in some cases before, killing them) when one of his criminal associates; Freebo, disappeared while owing him a large amount of money (in reality he was killed by Dexter). Feeling he had been disrespected; Jorge decided to hunt him down and make him pay for his affront. Monitoring the investigation carefully, Jorge trailed Debra Morgan around town as she met with Freebo's old associates in an attempt to find him, covertly watching their homes under the cover of trimming their trees, and eventually kidnaps, tortures and kills them one-by-one.

When Jorge was first suspected, he was held for questioning, but deflected attention to one of his violent employees; though suspicion centred on him entirely when the employee had a near-panic attack when he learned Jorge was involved. Jorge was ultimately exposed when he kidnapped and tortured Anton Briggs, a former-confidential informant the police had set up to appear to know where Freebo was, but was stopped from finishing him off and forced to flee when Debra and Joey Quinn arrived at their location. Jorge was then contacted by Miguel Prado, who had let him go. Jorge was watching Dexter and Miguel having an argument, after which Miguel called him and told him that Dexter knew where Freebo was. The man-hunt continued, escalating when Dexter framed Jorge for ADA Miguel Prado's death (in reality by his own hands), but Dexter was ultimately captured and abducted by Jorge. Jorge intended to torture and skin Dexter for information; but instead Dexter effectively strips him of his control (by revealing the truth that Freebo was long dead), and quickly breaks free and engages in a brutal fist-fight with Jorge until Dexter snaps Jorge's neck; killing him. The police arrived, having tracked down Jorge's hideout, but Dexter is able to avoid detection by dropping Jorge's body just as a police car hit him, making it look as if the collision caused the death. Getting hit by the car skinned his face; Debra jokes that "what goes around comes around".

Victim of Dexter - Lila West aka Lila Tournay

Episode: Lila West aka Lila Tournay"The British Invasion"

Victim name: Lila West aka Lila Tourney

Age/Occupation: Artist

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Follows Lila to Paris, France

Why victim deserves it: Arsonist, kills people who don't bend to her will. Killed Doakes and attempted to kill Dexter and Rita's children.

Victim's victims:Sgt. Doakes, Former Boyfriend

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Single stab through the heart with a knife, then sealed in a body bag. Dexter paralyzes her with a spinal epidural instead of a tranquilizer so that her death will be painless.

Victim's last words: "Don't do this."

Dexter's last words to victim:"You taught me to accept what I am and to trust in the one thing I know with absolute clarity. Thank you."

Location of killing:Lila's apartment in Paris

Close calls/slip-ups:Initially, Dexter tried to kill Lila in the U.S. at her loft, but Debra showed up nearly getting Dexter's needle instead. After Lila shows up, she relizes Dexter's plans and procures his killing tools as well leaving Dexter vunerable. Lila, however, unknowingly botches her attempt to kill Dexter and flees to Paris. In Paris, Lila's body seems to be left in a bodybag by Dexter but we don't know exactly what he did after.


Season 2
Lila is a former addict who meets Dexter at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in "An Inconvenient Lie" and becomes his sponsor. She works as an artist, often using stolen items in her work.

Dexter has an affair with Lila, leading to his breakup with Rita Bennett.

Although it is never mentioned, it can be deduced that she is from England, possibly London. This is clear from her accent, the threat of deportation from Debra (meaning she is from another country outside the USA) and the fact that she mentions in That Night a Forest Grew that 'Everybody walks in London... of course they're usually walking to the pub!'. All these signs (including the mention of a 'pub' instead of a bar) point her heritage to England.

Lila sets her own loft on fire and helps Santos Jimenez attack Dexter, believing that she and Dexter are closest in times of crisis. She also breaks into Rita's house, afraid that Dexter might have gotten back together with her, and Dexter immediately ends their relationship.

In retaliation, she has rough sex with Angel Batista and then accuses him of rape; She had taken Rohypnol immediately after sex so it would look like he had drugged her. Enraged, Debra runs a background check and discovers Lila's real surname (West) and the fact that she has been illegally living in the United States on an expired visa. Debra then confronts her and demands that she leave the country or be deported. Lila, following Dexter and watching him on his boat with Rita, Astor and Cody, breaks into his van, takes his GPS device and finds the address for Jimenez's cabin. Arriving at the cabin, she finds Doakes caged inside and, upon learning from him that Dexter is the Bay Harbor Butcher, decides to protect Dexter and ignites propane canisters inside the cabin, killing Doakes.

Later, she abducts Astor and Cody. Although Dexter tracks them down, Lila traps them inside her loft and sets it ablaze. Dexter and the kids narrowly escape, and Lila flees Miami. While living in Paris, Lila checks her mail and discovers a postcard from Miami with Doakes' picture on the back. Dexter, who was in the room the entire time, injects Lila with a spinal epidural (so he can speak his piece to her while also ensuring that her death is painless) and lays her down on the couch. Lila pleads for her life and tells him that she killed Doakes and tried to get rid of the children for Dexter's sake. Dexter thanks her for helping him embrace what he is, and then stabs her through the heart. He wraps her corpse in a plastic garment bag.

Victim of Dexter - Valerie Castillo

Episode: "Love American Style"

Victim name: Valerie Castillo

Age/Occupation: Early 30's, presumably none other than helping her husband.

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Dexter sees Valerie while spying on her husband at their palacial home, but takes her for an innocent. He realizes this is not the case when she comes to look for Jorge at his junkyard.


Why victim deserves it:Aids her husband in promising would-be Cuban immigrants legalization then extorting them for their freedom and killing them

Victim's victims: Would-be Cuban immigrants


Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Saran wrap, power tools cotton in the mouth, garbage bags. Breaks from his routine to ask them how they make their relationship work when they're killers, just like him.

Victim's last words: "We share the same dream. That's it"

Dexter's last words to victim: "That's helpful. Thank you."

Location of killing: An RV in Jorge's junkyard

Close calls/slip-ups:
Decides to kill Valerie at the last minute. Dexter does not have time to dismember her body as a result.A witness hidden in the trunk of a car who was able to see him, which begins a police investigation into Jorge being a Coyote and where the Castillo's ran off to, but in the end identifies the man he saw as Jesus.


Season 1
Valerie Castillo togegther with her husband Jorge transported illegal immigrants from Cuba. If an immigrant couldn't pay them, he or she was locked up in Jorge's auto yard, taken out on Jorge's boat and drowned. Valerie was fist seen at Jorge's house, when Dexter was stalking him, but Dexter considered that she didn't know about her husband's activities. Later, when Dexter goes to Jorge's auto yard and sedates him Valerie comes looking for him and Dexter realises that she is involved in killing innocent Cuban immigants too and decides to kill her. He takes Valerie to trailer, where he was holding her husband, wrapped her body to a table and put cotton in her mouth. When Dexter asks them how they make their relationship work when they're killers, just like him Calerie and Jorge tells them them that they had the same dream. After that Dexter puts cotton in their mouths and kills them. Dexter doesn't dismember her body and simply throws it in the ocean. The Ice truck killer, who has been stalking Dexter, dives after her body and places it back in the trailer, where Dexter had killed her. Next day in the morning Dexter and his co-workers find her body, which leads to Debra coming up with theory about a copycat killer and Masuka finding out that she was drugged, which almost leads Dexter to be caught. Later the Ice truck killer brakes into Dexter's apartment and draws a smiley face on Valerie's slide. When Dexter goes through some of his blood slides he notices this and understands that the Ice truck killer is actually testing him. Dexter then falsifies evidence, which leads investigators to believe that Valerie was actually killed by her husband Jorge.

Victim of Dexter - Jose Garza, aka Christopher Harlow

Episode: "There's something about Harry"

Victim name: Jose Garza, aka Christopher Harlow

Age/Occupation: Drug Dealer

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Text message from Jiminez's cellphone. He texts Jose as Jiminez, telling him to meet him outside his bar.

Why victim deserves it: He's a drug trafficker and murderer on the run from the FBI connected to Jimenez.

Victim's victims: Unknown.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Plastic sheeting. Small Hand saw. Dexter does not wake for him to regain consciousness.

Victim's last words: None - he was never brought back to consciousness as Doakes was present.

Dexter's last words to victim: Unknown.

Location of killing: Jiminez's Cabin in the Everglades.

Close calls/slip-ups: Doakes was present at time of killing.


Season 2
Jose Garza aka Christopher Harlow was a drug trafficker and murderer on the run from the FBI. Garza purchased cocaine from Santos Jimenez, but didn't get it, because Santos Jimenez was killed by Dexter. Jose Garza came looking for him, sent various text messages to Jimenez's phone. Garza had no idea that he was really talking to Dexter and also didn't have knowledge about Jimenez's cabin in Everglades at first, but he found it out and threatened to go there. Dexter, who had locked Doakes in there decided to meet Garza at Jimenez bar, kill him and make it look like Doakes had killed him. After Dexter had somehow knocked Garza out, presumably with tranquilizer he took him to Jimenez's cabin, wrapped his body with plastic sheets and despite Doakes, who tried to talk Dexter to give up and hand Garza over police, killed him with small hand saw without taking blood sample from him or waiting for him to regain consciousness and dismembers his body . After Lila blows up the cabin, Garza's brutally dismembered body is found alongside Doakes', which the task force considers conclusive evidence that Doakes was the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Victim of Dexter - Juan Rinez

Episode: "There's something about Harry"

Victim name: Juan Rinez

Age/Occupation: Pimp

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Unknown.

Why victim deserves it: He is killing his prostitutes and dumping their bodies.

Victim's victims: His prostitutes.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals:

Victim's last words: Unknown.

Dexter's last words to victim: Unknown.

Location of killing: Harry's garage.

Close calls/slip-ups: One of Dexter's first kills.Harry had walked in and witnessed this killing. Because it was one of Dexter's first kills he may have been sloppy and inexperienced leaving traces of evidence. Also, Harry vomited at the scene, which could have left evidence (though DNA testing was not as prominent back then).

Victim of Dexter - Santos Jiminez

Episode: "Morning Comes"

Victim name:Santos Jiminez

Age/Occupation: Old/bartender

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Outside of the victim's bar, to an isolated cabin in the woods

Why victim deserves it: He killed Dexter's mother in front of Dexter and his brother.

Victim's victims: Dexter's mother. Plus probably a lot more as he worked for the mob.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Injected him with etorphine, collected the usual blood sample, saran wrapped him to the table, right before killing him he duct taped his mouth shut, used a chainsaw to represent the way his mother was killed.

Victim's last words: "I'll f******* kill you."

Dexter's last words to victim: "It's kinda fitting don't you think?" Referring to the chainsaw in his hand (Jiminez killed his mother with a chainsaw).

Location of killing: An isolated cabin in the Everglades.


Close calls/slip-ups: Dexter had to leave the body without disposing of it to respond to Rita's phone call and to confront Lila. Dexter was not wearing any gloves when he was looking through Jiminez's wallet, and he answered his phone with blood on his hands. Later, when Dexter tried to dispose of the body, he is caught by Doakes.

Victim of Dexter - Roger Hicks

Episode: "An Inconvenient Lie"

Victim name: Roger Hicks

Age/Occupation: Car Salesman

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: At his car dealership. Takes DNA sample out of his trash can to verify his presence at the crime scenes.

Why victim deserves it: Killed at least two different women. Apparently raped and killed them out of a general hatred for women.

Victim's victims: Ann Cohen and Lynn Hall.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Brought Roger to one of his crime scenes. Besides that pretty much the usual, plastic chamber, framed pictures of victims, plastic wrap.Slams a knife in victim's chest when he in his last words calls Rita a c***.

Victim's last words: She is not worth it, you're better of without that c***!

Dexter's last words to victim: Don't! ...talk that way about my girlfriend.

Location of killing: Anne Cohen's house.

Close calls/slip-ups: Using a recent crime scene he had not been to could be considered. Also Dexter bought a car from his victim which could potentially make him a suspect if the body was ever found which is unlikely though.


Season 2
Roger Hicks is a car salesman working at Gulf Shore Motors, who killed at least two different women. Apparently he raped and killed them out of a general hatred for women.

Dexter went to Roger's car dealership to get a sample of Roger's DNA, where Roger convinced him to by a minivan. First Dexter took some hair from his comb, but discovered that Roger wore a wig. Next Dexter took a DNA sample from out of his trash and verified his presence at the crime scenes. Dexter suspected that Roger might try to kill another woman. Roger Hicks was soon captured by Dexter and brought to one of his crime scenes, where he had killed a woman named Ann Cohen. At first Roger tries to convince Dexter that he is innocent and that Dexter should let him go. Roger is killed when Dexter slams a knife in his chest after he calls Rita a cunt.

Victim of Dexter - Ken Olsen

Episode: "Dex, Lies and Videotape"

Victim name: Ken Olsen.

Age/Occupation: ?, unemployed.

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He was a suspect in a assault on John Henry.

Why victim deserves it: He attempted to kill a burglar who hurt his mother, which Dexter was willing to tolerate. However, he also killed people who didn't deserve to die, and to satisfy is own urges. He was also trying to be like the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Victim's victims: A drug dealer and the husband of a woman he was sleeping with. He also attempts and fails to kill a robber who severely injured his mother.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Same as the rest. Dexter, who is "recovering" from his murderous urges, does not take a blood sample from Olsen.

Victim's last words: "I knew you weren't going to kill me." Quite ironic.

Dexter's last words to victim: "It's very empowering."

Location of killing: A train car Ken had tried to kill John Henry in.

Close calls/slip-ups: It wasn't a slip up but Dexter left the body, in pieces, in a garbage bag for the police to find. He did this as an example for the other people who try to take the law into their own hands. He also left it at a recent crime scene he had worked a day or two before, which was smart it a way, because any foot prints or evidence of him found could be attributed to his working of the earlier crime scene.

Victim of Dexter - Rudy Cooper aka Brian Moser

Episode: "Born Free"

Victim name: Rudy Cooper aka Brian Moser


Age/Occupation: Late 30's/Prosthetician

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He doesn't really stalk him. Brian Moser has been stalking him.


Why victim deserves it: Has senselessly killed prostitutes, maimed Tony Tucci, and kidnapped and attempted to kill Debra Morgan.

Victim's victims: At least five prostitutes, man whose car he stole (while kidnapping Debra), and the man he is posing as, the real doctor, his (and Dexter's) biological father, the elderly woman across the street from his father (that thought he was the cable man).


Dexter's kill methods and rituals: None of his usual. Slit Brian's throat with a dull table knife, then drained his blood by hanging him upside down (he killed him the same way Rudy/Brian killed his victims) in order to make it look like a suicide.

Victim's last words: "You're the one that needs setting free, little brother. Your life is a lie. People you've been...."

Dexter's last words to victim: "Sorry, I can't hear anymore. You're right."

Location of killing: Rudy/Brian's economy-sized freezer.

Close calls/slip-ups: Rudy/Brian was the only one that Dexter wanted to let go. Doakes senses Dexter is linked to The Ice Truck Killer

Victim of Dexter - Lil' Chino

Episode: "Waiting to Exhale"

Victim name: Lil' Chino

Age/Occupation: Gang member of the 29th street Kings

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: 1st try: The Tattoo Parlor where this certain gang gets their tattoos. He was waiting outside, while Lil' Chino got his next tear drop for the last man he killed.
2nd try: Dexter stalked Chino to a party where other members of his gang was and attempted to assassinate him, but Chino found him said he was waiting for him and attempted to kill Dexter with the aid of other gang members and later spent the night in a storm drain.
3rd try: Dexter thought correctly that Chino would go to kill the snitch and then he trapped Chino in a garage elevator and shot him with a police tranquilizer.

Why victim deserves it: Responsible for many killings. Many of his victims were innocent.

Victim's victims: He had killed around 13 people. Either he did personally or was somehow involved in initiating the killing.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: He took all of Lil Chino's clothes off and strapped him down to a table that he made by laying a door on a couple of horses. What he strapped him down with was plastic wrap, like usual, but the first time, the plastic wrap wasn't enough and Lil' Chino was able to get away. Second try, he used extra tape that covered his whole body except his face. Dexter had a picture of the one woman's son, her self and the daughter, shes still alive but Dexter says he killed her on the inside. Each of the pictures had a teardrop of blood drawn on it, similar to the teardrops Chino tattoos on his arm after each kill.

Victim's last words:"You kill me, what do you leave behind?"

Dexter's last words to victim: "A world without you. Look at that, steady as a surgeon."

Location of killing: Some where in the parking garage where Chino was planning to kill a kid who snitched on his gang.

Close calls/slip-ups: Lil' Chino got loose the first time. Dexter also found it difficult at first to actually kill Lil' Chino but he got over that fast.


Season Two
Little Chino was a very big member of a gang called the Twenty-Ninth Street Kings who uses a machete to kill any witness of his gang's crimes. For every kill he makes, he has a teardrop of blood tattooed on his arm. Little Chino is responsible for the deaths of about 13 people. He either personally killed them or was somehow involved in initiating the killing.

He was first mentioned in a crime scene, where a member of a street gang was found dead on the rocks near a bridge in Miami. The victim's mother saw her son's body and told Dexter in Spanish that a man named Little Chino had killed him and that she wanted him to be killed like a dog. Soon afterward Little Chino was taken to the police station, where Doakes interrogated him. Little Chino denied his involvement in this particular murder and was soon released. Dexter tracked him to Tattoo Parlor where this gang gets their tattoos. He was waiting outside, while Little Chino got his next teardrop for the last man he killed. After he had captured him he took Little Chino to the place where he had failed to kill Jimmy Sensio. He took all of Little Chino's clothes off and strapped him down to a table that he made by laying a door on a couple of horses. He strapped him down with was plastic wrap, like usual, but the first time, the plastic wrap wasn't enough and Chino was able to get away. Soon afterward Little Chino ordered presumably one of his gang members to kill a woman, a mother whose son he had killed earlier, so that he would be cleared of murder. He showed up in the police station with his lawyer with evidence proving that he hadn't comitted murder. Dexter stalked Chino to a party where other members of his gang were and attempted to assassinate him, but Chino found him and attempted to kill Dexter with the aid of other gang members. After a young boy reveals information to Debra about the 29th Street Kings hideout and Chino's gang members are arrested Chino attempts to kill him, but he is caught by Dexter, trapped in a garage elevator and shot with a police tranquilizer. After that Chino is taken to a location somewhere nearby, where Dexter straps his whole body with plastic wrap and kills him with his own machete by stabbing him in his stomach. Little Chino becomes Dexter's fist victim, whose body Dexter dumps in the Gulf Stream, where it is unlikely that he will be ever found.

Victim of Dexter - Cindy Landon

Episode:"Return to Sender"

Victim name: Cindy Landon

Age/Occupation:

Where/how Dexter stalks victim:

Why victim deserves it:
She is a black widow.

Victim's victims:

Dexter's kill methods and rituals:

Victim's last words: "I'll f**** you if you let me go."

Dexter's last words to victim:

Location of killing:

Close calls/slip-ups:

Victim of Dexter - Dr. Emmett Meridian

Episode: "Shrink Wrap"

Victim Name: Dr. Emmett Meridian

Age/Occupation: Psychotherapist

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Goes to therapy to talk about his "friend's" suicide under the alias "Sean". Ends up making a major psychological breakthrough with Dr. Meridian, which allows him to let his guard down and finally have sex with Rita. He even manages a major catharsis by confessing that he's a serial killer to Meridian before killing him.

Why victim deserves it: He gets female clients addicted to anti-depressants. When their prescriptions run out, he refuses to renew them and instead affirms that their suicidal thoughts are valid, even suggesting that "the brave ones do it with a gun." Three of his high-profile female clients have killed themselves because of his brainwashing.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Rubber sheets, surgical saw, shrink wrap, duct tape.

Victim's last words: None. Blamed the killings on "mother issues"

Dexter's last words to victim: "I'm sorry Doc. Actions have consequences and this is yours. I'm going to have to let you go."

Location of killing: Dr. Meridian's office

Close calls/slip-ups: Dexter was careful with this one.


Season 1
Meridian was a psychiatrist who manipulated powerful women into shooting themselves. He first came to Dexter's attention when his third victim, Vanessa Gayle, was found dead in her bathtub after shooting herself. When Dexter looked into the backgrounds of the victims, he found that they all had regular therapy sessions for stress and/or depression with Meridian. Scheduling an appointment with him under the name Sean Ellis, Dexter investigated whether the suicides were deliberate or simply the result of sloppy work. During the second meeting, he noticed a small camera videotaping Meridian's sessions. After breaking into the office at night, Dexter erased his own files and looked at the sessions with the three suicide victims and found that Meridian denied them medication and filled their heads with noble thoughts of suicide, even recommending the use of firearms. Even though he had enough proof, Dexter still postponed Meridian's murder in order to have another session with him to discuss his inability to be intimate with Rita. After a relaxation exercise during which Dexter's subconscious memories of his mother's death came up, Dexter left and spent the night with her. The next session, Dexter confronted Meridian about his indirect murders before choking him unconscious and preparing his regular "kill room". When Meridian woke up, Dexter presented a theory that he targeted powerful women because he enjoyed removing their power and thanked him for his psychiatric help before killing him.

Victim of Dexter - Gene Marshall

Episode: "Return to Sender"

Victim name: Gene Marshall

Age/Occupation:

Where/how Dexter stalks victim:

Why victim deserves it: Arsonist

Victim's victims:

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Surrounds Gene with candles before killing him.

Victim's last words: "Have you ever watched someone burn alive?"

Dexter's last words to victim:

Location of killing:

Close calls/slip-ups:

Before Season 1
Gene Marshall was arsonist, who was killed by Dexter some time before events which took place on Season 1. When the Ice truck killer had brought back from ocean Valerie Castillo, Dexter's last victim, which resulted in police investigation, Dexter decided to eliminate any evidence that might implicate him. He threw his instruments in ocean and was about to do the same to his slides. Before doing that Dexter went through his collection of blood slides and remembered some of his victims. Gene was second victim that Dexter remembered. Like most of Dexter's victims Gene was wrapped in plastic wrap and had scar over his right cheek. Dexter had also placed bunch of candles around Gene. Before his death Gene asked Dexter if he knew how it felt to see anyone burn alive.