Clarence Carter

Clarence Carter is a main character of Donald Newton's The Clearwood Murders series. He is the Sheriff of Clearwood and a town legend for taking down the original Francis serial killer, saving Hillary Wagner. He is married to Kathy Carter and the father of Lorraine and Andrew Carter.

Pre-Clearwood Murders
Clarence served in the military when he was a young man before becoming a police officer. Sometime in his 20s, he married Kathy, and they had two children together; Lorraine and Andrew. 10 years before the events of Episode I, Deputy Carter shot and killed infamous serial killer Francis, saving 7 year old Hillary Wagner. Sometime after this, he was elected Sheriff of Clearwood. Like most characters in the Clearwood Murders series, Clarence was based on a character from That 70s Show. He was based on Red Forman. While there are many differences between the two characters, Red was primarily the inspiration for Clarence.

Chapter 1
Clarence is mentioned multiple times in this chapter. But he does not physically appear.

Chapter 2
Clarence will make his first official appearance in this chapter.

Kathy Carter
Clarence has a strong loving relationship with his wife Kathy. They've been together for at least over 20 years. Their marriage is still strong.

Andrew Carter
Andrew and Clarence have a complicated relationship. While Clarence seems to favor Lorraine more than Andrew, he shows that he loves and cares for his son on multiple occasions. He's very supportive of his son, even when he's not too fond of his personality or interests. But he is, nevertheless, a good father to Andrew.

Lorraine Carter
Clarence and Lorraine have a strong father-daughter bond. As a result, he seems to favor Lorraine over Andrew. Despite this, Clarence is aware of her promiscuous ways and is not happy about. But he still shows more love and care for his daughter than he does for his son.

Scott Lane
Despite their difference in beliefs, Clarence actually has strong paternal feelings for Scott. With Scott's own father never around, Scott does look up to Clarence as a father figure.

The Wrath of Francis

 * Chapter 2

Trivia

 * Andrew Lincoln is the actor whose image is used for the character of Clarence Carter. Despite being inspired by Red Forman from That 70s Show, Donald didn't want to use many pictures of actors from the television series to make too much like the show that inspired these stories.
 * Is inspired by the character Red Forman from That 70s Show.
 * In this story, the character of Clarence (with the image of Andrew Lincoln) is a father figure to Scott Lane (with the image of Norman Reedus). Lincoln and Reedus starred together in The Walking Dead together. Reedus is actually a few years older than Lincoln in reality.