Joe Don Billingsley

35-40 years old, seen in flashbacks to 2006, as well as in 2010, this deeply regretful, alcoholic, down-on-his-luck man in his 30s was sent to prison for starting a fire that killed his two young sons. Because the fire was so out of control, he didn't go back to save them. Joe was bitterly estranged from his ex-wife, Jeanette, and vowed that no other man would raise his kids, but their loss was absolutely unintentional and fills him with shame and grief. He's questioned roughly by Vera, and later murdered in prison.