Click here to take a fun quiz about the original run of Dexter! Dexter Morgan a. The Bay Harbor Butcher. Dexter was an elusive vigilante serial killer in Miami , known as "The Bay Harbor Butcher," who primarily targeted and killed other murderers who had escaped justice.
His detailed method of killing allowed him to avoid the justice system by getting rid of any potential evidence. The irony of Dexter's life was that he worked closely and affably with homicide detectives and a forensic specialist. Dexter, himself a blood spatter analyst, collected, processed, and interpreted evidence for the Miami Metro Police Department. He often used his ability to access police databases or tamper with evidence for his personal advantage.
When Dexter was three-years-old, he witnessed his mother being murdered by a drug dealer with a chainsaw. At an early age, Dexter started to kill and dismember animals. His adoptive father, Harry , a homicide detective realized that Dexter was a potential serial killer. After attempts to curb Dexter's violent behavior failed, Harry concluded that Dexter's need to kill could not be suppressed--only focused.
Making the best out of a bad situation, Harry decided to train Dexter as a vigilante, to solely hunt and kill other murderers arguably making society safer. To avoid arrest, Dexter followed a set of guidelines, the Code of Harry. Dexter generally disposed of his victims by dismembering them, putting the parts into black trash bags, and dropping the bags off his fishing boat into the ocean. Scuba divers discovered the bodies of eighteen of his victims. Due to the location where the bodies were found and because they were cut into pieces, the media labelled the unknown killer "The Bay Harbor Butcher" - a moniker Dexter hated.
Dexter is a tall, handsome, Caucasian male in his mids with auburn hair, and a few beauty marks. His hair length varies slightly during the series. Dexter usually has a "Five-o'clock shadow" beard, although in the title sequence " Morning Routine " from Episode Two onward, he's shaving his neck - with a drop of blood falling into the washbasin.
