Deborah is awake when Dexter arrives at the cargo container, and she learns of Dexter's hobby as a serial killer. He says that one of the bodies they were surrounded by could have been their father for all they knew. Near the end of the first book, Brian and Dexter meet in a shipping container similar to the one they were held in as children, and Brian recounts what happened.

He has a biological daughter named Lily Anne Morgan and two step-children, Cody and Astor Bennett.ĭexter is the title character of each of the books and, as such, is the main focus of each novel, mostly told from his perspective. Later, Dexter married Rita Bennett, who became Rita Morgan. Harry gave Dexter his permission to kill her. When Dexter was 19, Harry fell ill of coronary disease and was confined to a hospital where Harry spotted First Nurse who was purposefully overdosing patients on morphine. However, Dexter was interrupted and was unable to kill Steve.Īs a teenager, Dexter realized that he was uninterested in sex or dating and needed instruction by his father on how to interact with women.Īs stated in Darkly Dreaming Dexter, after high school, Dexter completed his studies at the University of Miami.

After a pep talk with his father, Harry, Dexter attempted to make Steve pay for the abuse to the point of putting Steve on his table. Dexter is the adopted child of Harry Morgan and Doris Morgan, as well as the adopted brother of Deborah Morgan.ĭuring his time at Coconut Grove High School, Dexter was bullied by a Cuban student known as Steve Gonzalez.

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