Dean Riley is a Detective in the Chicago PD. At first, he seems to be a good Detective and father, however it is revealed that he is the killer of Tyson Parker, who was Murphy Mason's friend. After this revelation he would be a supporting antagonist in season 2 of In the Dark. He is portrayed by Rich Sommer.
Background[]
For years Dean Riley worked as a detective along with his partner Detective Jules Becker.
Deam Riley was a husband and proud father of a daughter named Chloe. However, that all came crashing down when his family got into a terrible car accident that killed his wife and permanently blinded his daughter.
One day, Detective Dean Riley came knocking at the door of Drug Lord, Nia Bailey. He would ask her questions about a liquor store shooting that was committed by one of her rivals. Nia would deny any involvement in this. She would then ask Dean how he was doing. Dean is unsure what to make of that question and Nia would reveal to him that she knows about the car crash that claimed his wife's life and caused his daughter to be blind. Nia would make Dean an offer. Be an informant for her and she would help pay the bills from the hospital. Dean accepted this deal. Dean would always go to a train station locker where Nia would leave him tips and vice versa.
However, one of Nia's guys Tyson Parker would find out that Dean was working for her when he was late to make a drop. Tyson would be arrested for possession along with another drug dealer named Wesley. Dean would have the charges dropped.
Season 1[]
Tyson would later contact him again. This was because Wesley thought he was a snitch because he did more time than him. Tyson was going to tell Wesley the truth about Dean. However, Dean couldn't let that happen so in panic he strangled Tyson out. Murphy Mason would come to the alley but because she was blind, she was unable to see Dean. When Murphy, left Dean would then put Tyson in a dumpster but at that moment he woke up. With Tyson starting to scream Dean would shoot Tyson in the head to silence him and then tossed the gun under the dumpster. Murphy would later contact Dean and his partner Jules to see what happened to Tyson. Dean would later meet Murphy again in Guiding Hope. Dean would put himself into this investigation but only to make sure nobody finds out that he killed Tyson. He would eventually frame, Darnell James. Jules would start investigating a little to closes which would cause Dean to tell Nia about it. Nia would then have one her enforcers, Samantha Rogers kill Jules and made it look like a suicide. However, Dean and Murphey would start having feelings for one another and Murphy would later confront Dean telling him that she knows that he killed Tyson. Dean would confess and Murphy would record it. Dean would find out about this and two would fight inside Dean's car which caused it to crash. Both Murphy and Dean would survive. Before leaving the hospital, Murphy would tell an unconcise Dean all about how much of a good person Tyson was.
Season 2[]
Dean would try to call Nia for help, but she cuts him loose for lying to her. Dean would convince his boss to let him go on the conidiation that he would bring in Nia Bailey. Dean would be assigned a new partner, Gene. Together Dean and Gene would try to find a way to bust Nia. However, this meant that he bumped into Murphy who was now being forced to work for Nia by using Guiding Hope as a front. Dean would take a large supply of drugs that Murphy and the gang had planned to give to another drug lord Josiah. Dean would use it as leverage and forced Murphy to come with him. Dean had Murphy come to his house to put up a nice show for his daughter, giving her an explanation as to why Murphy hadn't come around often. However, what Dean didn't know was that the cops had been called they found large bricks of drugs in Dean's car. Dean panics while Murphy just tells him to turn himself in. Dean would then realize that Chole is not in the house to which Murphy tells him that she had Chole leave the house and told her what kind of person Dean really is. However, Dean didn't want to face Chole when she finds out what he did. Dean would pull out his gun and shoot himself, with Murphy both shocked and stunned.
Killed Victims[]
- Tyson Parker - Strangled and then shot in the head by Dean Riley.
- Jules Becker - Injected with an unknown substance by Samantha Rogers on the orders of Nia Bailey after Dean told her that Jules was on to her.