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Darrell Guan is the main antagonist of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Inheritance". He is serial rapist/murderer who was conceived from a rape and ostracized as a child, he fell into a bad path.
He is portrayed by Marcus Chong.
Early life[]
Darrell's biological father was Harold Starnes, a serial rapist who was very notorious in 1970's and attacked Susan Guan. Susan fell pregnant with Darrell while his father was unaware of his existence. Susan kept him, because she thought something good could come from her traumatic experience, over the beliefs of her family who thought she was making a mistake but she gave birth and Darrell was born.
Unfortunately, Darrell's life was plagued with misfortune, as he came out looking like his father and earned scorned from his maternal family who never claimed him and called him a devil. Darrell was also never accepted by the community, who all treated him with discrimination, and he was unable to fit in. His mother was distraught by this but never made the effort to help him, as part of her hated him because of his father, despite knowing that he was innocent, actions she came to regret later.
As a result, an adult Darrell was warped by the trauma he endured, ultimately followed in his father's footsteps as a serial rapist who targeted Asian women, due to the race never truly accepting him and even hated himself for his existence. Darrell would target random women or used his job as a delivery man to have better access to the women, before stalking and raping them in a secluded area, before viciously beating them. He would clean up the scene with bleach to destroy traces of DNA Even when not raping women, he would sexually harass the women at his job even though he was reprimanded. He even attended a brothel to act out his fantasies but was kicked out after he assaulted a woman after finding himself unable to perform.
In "Inheritance"[]
During his latest rape, the Manhattan Special Victims Unit investigated the case. While interviewing a suspect, he attacks another woman but ended up killing her after she fought back. He carved a racial slur in her chest and cleaned up with bleach. However, SVU discovered the slur and found little of his DNA that was left behind under her fingers and had it processed to a lab.
SVU discovered a pattern with all of the women and determined that it might be a racially motivated crime. They find out about Darrell's time at the brothel and discovered the perp was African American, before they got the DNA results and it was a match to Harold Starnes, a rapist who was prominent in the 70's. However, when he was found, Starnes was now old and suffering from a medical condition that hindered his mobility. He also denied having any living male relatives, but SVU asked him if it was possible, he had children with one of his victims, surprising him with the idea.
SVU located Starnes' victims, with one revealing Starnes did impregnate her but her child died at birth and a possible child who was raised with love and they speculate the perp had none. They look into how the perp targeted Asian women, realizing the mother was an Asian woman before they found Susan Guan, his mother. Susan gave Darrell's history of his conception and past abuse, reluctantly giving his job.
Darrell was caught while scoping a new target and he tried to flee but Detective Olivia Benson tackled him and he was arrested. A psychiatric evaluation is done after his lawyer claims a mental defect is the root cause of his actions and Dr. George Huang conducts it. When talking with him, Darrell guesses if he confirms he's crazy then he won't get executed but he goes along. He reveals his abuse and defends he is nothing like his biological father, only for Huang to state he is no better by committing the same crimes. This left him enraged and he nearly attacked Huang only for guards to restrain him.
In court, Darrell's lawyer tried to argue that his actions stem from the trauma and neglect he endured in his childhood. When reminded of it, an angry Darrell shared a glance at his remorseful mother for her part in the abuse.
Darrell was ultimately found guilty, much to the dismay of his mother who realized the maximum sentence was for death penalty. Off-screen, Darrell was executed.
Trivia[]
- Darrell is inspired by serial violent offenders Guy Georges, Matias Reyes, and John Royster.
External links[]
- Darrell Guan on the Law & Order Wiki
