Police Cadet

Police Cadet is a character in Season One of the Showtime series DEXTER.

He's a trainee police officer who discovers the knife that Dexter Morgan planted in the Auto Salvage Yard.

Summary
After Valerie Castillo’s body is found, Officer Debra Morgan creates a profile of a murderer who is trying to copycat the Ice Truck Killer. She mentions the cuts on Valerie’s neck (from which she bled out) and her being laid out in a ritualistic manner. Sgt. James Doakes is skeptical, though, because Valerie wasn’t a hooker or dismembered. Instead, he suspects her husband, Jorge, who is missing.
 * “Return to Sender”

Debra’s profile unnerves Dexter because it fits him. Unable to convince Deb that she’s wrong, Dexter sets out to frame Jorge for killing his wife. He transfers Valerie’s dried blood (from her blood slide) onto Jorge’s socks, and Jorge’s fingerprints (from Jorge's boat) onto a knife.

He shows Debra and Doakes the socks, but he hides the knife inside a junked car at the salvage yard. He convinces Doakes to organize another search of the yard, and a police cadet finds the knife in a glove box. The case is soon closed, with Jorge falsely believed to have killed his wife.

Related Pages

 * Jorge Castillo
 * Valerie Castillo
 * Auto Salvage Yard
 * Human Smuggler Murder Case

Trivia

 * A police cadet is in training to be a police officer, and is not yet one. However, he has been entered into Police Officers category.