Henry Mitchell

Henry Mitchell is a character in Season Four of the Showtime series DEXTER.

He was the father of serial killer Arthur Mitchell.

History
According to his obituary, Henry Mitchell was a WWII veteran born in 1919. In 1959, his daughter, Vera, died in her bathtub, partly because of his then 10-year old son, Arthur, who had startled her and caused her to slip. The following year, Henry's wife, Marsha, who had become severely depressed by her daughter's death, committed suicide by jumping off a bridge.

The two deaths drove Henry, who, according to Arthur, had always been something of a drinker, to drink even more and abuse Arthur, blaming him for the deaths. On the night of March 6, 1964, Henry was found in an alley, beaten to death with a hammer. Though no killer was ever caught, Dexter later theorized that Arthur was the killer.

When Arthur began his serial killing, the fourth victim of each cycle was a man in his 40s and parent of two who was bludgeoned to death with a hammer.

Obit
HENRY MITCHELL 

BEATEN TO DEATH AT AGE 45 Henry Mitchell - 1919 - 1964

Mitchell, resident of Miami, died Friday, March 6, 1964, after being brutally beaten by a steel pipe by an unknown assailant. Henry had been out socializing with friends at a local tavern earlier in the evening when he was attacked walking home. Henry was pronounced dead at the scene. Graveyard services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 1964 at Miami Central Cemetery with the Rev. Barry Delbert officiating. Interment is under the direction of Flager...

Related Pages

 * Arthur Mitchell
 * Vera Mitchell
 * Marsha Mitchell
 * Miami Central Cemetery