Overview
The Bell Killer acts as the primary antagonist throughout Murdered: Soul Suspect. The Bell Killer is a serial killer who targets young women. At the beginning of the game, Ronan is killed by The Bell Killer and the story is driven by Ronan's attempt to track down and identify who the killer is.
The Bell Killer's True Identify (End-game spoilers)
As the story progresses, The Bell Killer is revealed to be a multitude of different men who are possessed by Abigail Williams. Williams is systematically hunting down young women who she believes are witches. True to the historical telling of the Salem Witch Trials, Abigail Williams is one of the first people to accuse others of being witches. Through her ability to possess others, Abigail has systematically used many different Bell Killers to kill hundreds of young women in Salem.
Williams has possessed a multitude of different men, and many of them appear to be police officers. Three in-game characters are revealed to have been possessed by Abigail. Baxter, who serves as Ronan's worldly antagonist, is used to kill Rose. Rex, Ronan's brother-in-law and head of police investigation, is frequently controlled by Abigail and he was planning to kill Joy before Ronan stopped the murder.
Finally, Ronan himself was at one point The Bell Killer and he was used by Abigail to kill Sophia. As Williams explains, the reason Ronan was initially killed was because she eventually murders all of her Bell Killers. Prior to Ronan's death, Baxter was murdered by Rex.
At the end of the game, Ronan is able to stop Abigail. According to the story, this has prevented anymore murders from occurring in Salem.
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