Daryll Earl McHale

Daryll Earl McHale is a character in the Dexter Novels

He confessed to the killings done by the Tamiami Slasher in Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Personality
Daryll is a drunken, wife-beater and a man trying to regain fame.

Summary
During the story, he is arrested and believed to by the Tamiami Slasher. However, with the deaths following his imprisonment, it is assumed he was released.

Trivia

 * In Season One of the Showtime series DEXTER, the storyline for Daryll is replaced by a man named Neil Perry, who confesses to the killings after he is caught by the police later on. He is eventually found out by Maria LaGuerta as a fake and the investigation is re-opened.