Ronald Edward Winter

Minor Character: Las Vegas
Name	Ronald Edward Winter
Alias	The Sliver Ink Killer MVP DymphansReaper37
Gender	Male
Family	Helen Winter (mother; deceased) Ronald Winter Sr. (father)
City	Las Vegas
Pathology	Budding Serial Killer Attempted Mass Murderer Poisoner Stalker Proxy Killer
No. of Victims	2 killed 7 killed by proxy 296 attempted 1 kill shared 2+ assaulted
Status	Incarcerated
Portrayed By	Darri Ingolfsson
First Appearance	"We All Fall Down"

Ronald Edward Winter, also known as "The Sliver Ink Killer", is a budding serial killer, proxy killer, and attempted mass murderer who was a major accomplice to criminal mastermind Ted Hester. He was a major enemy to the CSI team and the archenemy of Allie Rajan.

Background

When he was six years old, his mother died of cancer and he was left to be taken care of by his father, Ronald Winter Sr. He was also insanely intelligent, having an IQ of 160, which he inherited from his mother. Later in his life, he was on a videogame called "Shadow Cell". On a video game called Shadow Cell, he was targeted by psychopath Ted Hester. After talking with Hester, he told him about wanting to kill hundreds of patients at Mountain Vista Psychiatric Hospital, since they were "burdens" and mentally malformed. Combining Hester's goals and Ronald's intelligence, they then became partners and started helping each other out with orchestrating a series of murders.

Season 1

"Signed, Sealed, Delivered"

Ronald sits on a couch in a white room full of white furniture. He listens to the television, which talks about three dead people, making the world believe that there is a serial killer on the loose. Ronald, who also has gloves on, then draws on the cover of his notebook.

Las Vegas: Season Two

"She's Gone"

A man named Alan Herskovitz breaks into the house of a dominatrix named Lynn Zorbrist, a woman he paid for services to. They struggle, causing her to be stabbed in the throat with a piece of glass. Afterwards, the scene is staged, and Alan destroys a piece of furniture that would have proved his guilt. When her body is found on the floor a few hours later, the Crime Scene Investigation investigates, with much of the furniture being arranged differently. They are led to the victim’s psychiatrist, Diane Auerbach, who leads them to Zorbrist’s clients. Alan is one of the suspects in the homicide and is unable to control the urge to scratch his arms. He is eventually pinned, and when they get to his home, they find images of a man being stalked. While this is happening, Herskovitz rushes to Moore’s house and attempts to kill him. However, this is interrupted by the police and Alan gets away after nearly shooting the officer chasing him. While at a hospital, he gets out of his bed and spins, taking a nurse hostage. Fortunately, he gives up, though he gives a random psychotic speech

"There's the Rub"

When a chef is found murdered, the investigation leads to Santoni, the confirmed killer of Dario Donnelly, who then commits suicide while in a struggle with the police.

Known victims

Personal Victims

• Molly Tate (fatally poisoned; later used her body to poison the CSIs)
• Attack on the morgue:
  • Sonya Nikolayevich (poisoned using Molly's corpse; was cured)
  • Jack Nikolayevich (attempted to poison along with Rajan)
  • Allie Rajan
• Ted Hester (poisoned with a cupcake; it remains unknown whether Hester was aware of it)
• The attempted mass murder at Mountain Vista Psychiatric Hospital
  • 293 people (patients of Mountain Vista Psychiatric Hospital; all attempted to poison to death with thallium)
  • Numerous unnamed people (all assaulted; were ran into)

Proxy Victims

• Three unnamed victims (all murdered by unnamed people)
• Lynn Zobrist (stabbed with a piece of glass by Alan Herskovitz)
• Dr. Lamont Moore (attempted to stab in the throat with a fork by Alan Herskovitz)
• Detective Serena Chavez (attempted to shoot by Alan Herskovitz)
• Unnamed nurse (held at knifepoint by Alan Herskovitz; was released)
• Albert Santoni (intended to kill by Dr. Lamont Moore; he committed suicide before Moore could act)
• Clarence Mosely (shot by a bolt gun by Richard Sloan; he thought Mosley was Lamont)
• Shelby Winslow (incidental; assaulted and shot with a bolt gun after she saw him murdering Clarence)
• Lamont Moore (beaten to death by Richard Sloan)
• Serena Chavez (attempted to shoot with a bolt gun by Richard Sloan; he was killed instead)
• Molly Tate (attempted to kill by Lucas Tremaine; he was killed instead)

Appearances

CSI: Vegas

Season One

• Signed, Sealed, Delivered (face not seen)

Season Two

• We All Fall Down