Kent Nelson was the homeless man that Dyson Frost shot three times in the chest with Mark Benford's service weapon. ("Let No Man Put Asunder") After the FBI discover that a cell phone in the homeless man's possession was used to send the text message that Mark Benford was drinking in his flashforward to Olivia Benford, Shelly Vreede takes her to see the homeless man's corpse to see if she can identify him. She is unable to do so. ("The Garden of Forking Paths") There is an apparent reference to Kent Nelson as Patient 9 on Dyson Frost's wall: "KILL PAT. 9". ("The Garden of Forking Paths")