Alex Timmons is a character in DEXTER as well as in Dexter Early Cuts. In the Early Cuts series, he was a former sniper in the Marines who murdered three innocent children, before being discharged. However, it is revealed via an official website that in the Showtime series, Alex began murdering people after he was discharged, targeting innocent victims back in the states, killing four people with gunshots. He is one of Dexter Morgan's earlier kills and also the one that inspired him to make trophies out of blood slides.