

It is strongly advised that Lynch should be considered highly dangerous to prison security staff and other prisoners.Īs the protagonist, he appears in all chapters.

Lynch displays all of the common characteristics of schizophrenia. Lynch represented himself as a perfect husband but when it was pointed out that this did not actually coincide with the crimes which he admitted having committed, he responded excitedly and forcefully that he had given everything to his wife ‘including the occasional beating’.

He remained calm throughout the interview, pointing out that he had only admitted his crimes in court on the advice of a lawyer and added that he was innocent. James Seth Lynch was interviewed after he received the death sentence for killing his wife. He is sentenced to death and awaits transportation to death row. James Seth Lynch was found guilty of the murder of his wife. After killing Hsing and escaping the police, he breaks down crying over her death. In Dog Days, it's clearly obvious he really does love Xiu. While he is a vicious killer, he does have some decency. He is often violent and impulsive to the point of the other characters (including Kane) thinking of him or refer to him as insane and "a psychopath." Having no military training or previous experience, he is much less professional than Kane. Lynch is the more aggressive and hot-headed of the duo. The idea for Lynch may have come from the character 'Waingro' in the 1995 movie HEAT, played by. When he is contracted to a deal associated to guns traffic, he calls Kane for a last job on their criminal lives, but the deal also fails, and then Kane and Lynch are being chased throughout the city by gangsters, cops and the military.

Two years later, he now resides on Shanghai with his girlfriend Xiu, trying to make a new life with her. It's currently unknown whether or not he killed his wife, but it's strongly suggested that he did, but he either genuinely has no idea what happened or in denial of the idea that he actually killed her.Īt the end of Dead Men, he is displeased with either choice you make, furthering his pessimist nature. He is a medicated schizophrenic and is considered by everyone knows him to be a psychopath. He stands 6"1", has green eyes, and receding long hair. He formerly managed a warehouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before being arrested and convicted of the murder of his wife Annie and sentenced to death row.
