Frank Dodd was the son of Henrietta Dodd and Billy Dodd, and a deputy sheriff in Castle Rock, Maine. He was featured in the novel The Dead Zone. He was responsible for several rape-stranglings of various women in the town for a number of years, simultaneously assisting the Sheriff, George Bannerman, in the investigation, allowing him to keep track of the investigation's progress and deflect attention from himself. His victims varied in age and background, but were always raped prior to them being strangled. After a nine-year-old girl was found, Bannerman turned in desperation to a local psychic, Johnny Smith, to assist with the matter if possible. Smith met with Bannerman and after examining the crime scene and some evidence, he discovered that Dodd was responsible, determining a further p