Sylar's victims

Sylar's victims
Sylar stands over a mistaken victim, Jackie Wilcox.
First occurrence:	Don't Look Back

As Sylar moves across the country, he is leaving a growing number of victims.

List of Victims

• Charlie Andrews -- The waitress is killed in the back of the Burnt Toast Diner. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
• David -- In July 2006, Sylar kills a white male in Chicago. (Turning Point)
• Brian Davis -- Sylar's first victim (while still known as Gabriel Gray/Gabriel Sylar) was (manually) hit from behind with a large crystal. After Brian's murder, Sylar acquired his power of telekinesis. (Six Months Ago)
• An FBI agent -- Sylar impales the agent who was guarding Molly at headquarters. (One Giant Leap)
• Hank -- the AWI medical professional is killed in Sylar's cell after Sylar fakes his own death. (The Fix)
• Isaac Mendez -- In the future, Hiro enters Isaac's apartment and discovers the corpse. (Don't Look Back)
• Northeast Brewing Company trucker -- Sylar kills the man who helped him by telekinetically jamming broken beer bottles into his head. (Road Kill)
• Dale Smither -- Sylar gets overly excited when learning of her power. She becomes suspicious, but not afraid. That night, he kills her. (Unexpected)
• Chandra Suresh -- In a dream, Mohinder sees his father killed in a cab by an unseen figure wearing Sylar's watch, presumably Sylar himself. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
• Sylar's decoy victim -- In June 2006, Sylar gives his clothes to an old man as a decoy. Audrey is duped into thinking she found Sylar, and shoots the old man. (Turning Point)
• Zane Taylor -- Sylar remembers the man's name from Chandra's list, and impersonates Mohinder Suresh to meet him. Sylar then steals his identity and power. (Run!)
• A uniformed cop -- In an unaired scene, Sylar freezes a cop guarding Molly. (One Giant Leap)
• James Walker and his wife -- Molly Walker's parents are found dead in their home. (Don't Look Back)
• Jackie Wilcox -- Mistaking her for Claire Bennet, Sylar kills the cheerleader at Union Wells High School. This fulfills the painting by Isaac and Peter. (Homecoming)

List of Attempted Victims

• Claire Bennet -- In a locker room Sylar forcibly throws Claire aside to focus on Jackie Wilcox; Claire is promptly saved by regeneration. (Homecoming)
• Mr. Bennet -- Sylar telekinetically throws his former captor against the repaired glass window. (Distractions)
• Sandra Bennet -- At the Bennets' home, Sylar causes the unsuspecting woman to be knocked into a glass bookshelf. (Distractions)
• Audrey Hanson -- When the agent draws her gun on Sylar and orders him to stop, she is somehow hurled backward. Sylar then makes her point her gun at her own head, but before he can make her fire, Matt arrives and fires several shots at the suspect, who gets up and escapes, as does Audrey. (One Giant Leap)
• Eden McCain -- When the AWI agent is attacked by Sylar through his holding cell's glass, but shoots herself before he can take her power. (Fallout)
• Peter Petrelli -- After being thwarted in his attempts to kill Claire at Homecoming, Sylar pursues Peter. Sylar grabs Peter, and they both fall off the bleachers at Union Wells High School, onto the pavement below. Though Peter lies twisted and mangled on the ground, he adopts Claire's power of regeneration and survives. (Homecoming)
• Molly Walker -- After failing to locate her at her parents' home, Sylar attempts to abduct the James Walker's daughter from FBI Headquarters in Los Angeles. (One Giant Leap)

Methods

Sylar has used several methods to attack his victims:

• Blunt force
• Freezing them
• Decoy
• Impaling them
• Telekinetically throwing them

Additionally, some victims have the top of their skulls cut off, and their brains removed. The purpose for this act is currently unknown.

• Mohinder Suresh discovers that Sylar owns an extensive collection of autopsy books in his apartment. It is implied that Sylar is perfecting his technique.
• Not every victim is killed in this manner, possibly indicating Sylar is targeting evolved humans for brain removal in order to gain their powers.

Notes

• In an interview with writers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite, they said that three months ago is both when Audrey took the Sylar case, and when Sylar's murders attracted major attention.
• Audrey Hanson had mistakenly attributed the death of Dr. Robert Fresco to Sylar in "Nothing to Hide".
• Sylar is seen wearing the same broken wristwatch as Chandra's killer in Mohinder's dream. Assuming the dream is accurate, Chandra Suresh is likely another of Sylar's victims. If so, then why he was killed in such a different fashion from the others likely has some significance.
• Eden McCain believed that Sylar was Chandra's killer; she tells Mohinder she's going to take care of his father's killer right before her encounter with Sylar. (Fallout)
• Mohinder tells the FBI that six people on the list have been killed, including Charlie Andrews and James Walker. (Fallout)

Memorable Quotes

"There isn't a Sylar. Last words of a dying victim, it didn't mean anything."

- Elisa Thayer (Don't Look Back)

"We've pieced a trail across a dozen states. All people impaled by household objects. Bones broken. All without any traceable sign of physical contact. But only some of them involve any mutilation of the head or neck, so they don't see the connections."

- Audrey Hanson (One Giant Leap)

"Three months ago my job made perfect sense to me. Then I pulled the Sylar case."

- Audrey Hanson (Seven Minutes to Midnight)

Gallery

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  Sylar's first murder weapon was a crystal from his shop.
  (Six Months Ago)
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  Brian Davis was bludgeoned to death. Afterwards, Sylar had somehow absorbed Davis's abilities.
  (Six Months Ago)
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  Sylar killed this male victim (possibly named David) in Chicago.
  (Turning Point)
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  Audrey shot an old man she mistook for Sylar; the serial killer gave the old man a coat in order to dupe the agent.
  (Turning Point)
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  Chandra Suresh was killed by Sylar in New York City.
  (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
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  Mohinder found Chandra's cab blood-stained and shredded to pieces.
  (Monsters)
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  James Walker was frozen in his own home.
  (Don't Look Back)
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  Molly Walker's mother was impaled with household items.
  (Don't Look Back)
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  A uniformed cop was frozen so badly, his right arm broke into many pieces.
  (One Giant Leap)
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  An FBI agent was impaled at FBI Headquarters.
  (One Giant Leap)
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  Sylar attempted to kill Audrey by making her point a gun at herself.
  (One Giant Leap)
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  One of Isaac's paintings depicts a bloody cheerleader.
  (Hiros)
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  Charlie's encephalectomy occurred at the Burnt Toast Diner.
  (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
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  Mr. Bennet showed Eden this photo of Charlie.
  (Homecoming)
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  An unnamed male victim had his brain removed.
  (Homecoming)
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  An unnamed female victim had her brain removed.
  (Homecoming)
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  Jackie Wilcox had her head sliced open.
  (Homecoming)
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  Though Peter's fall would have most likely killed him, he was able to mimic Claire's regenerative powers.
  (Homecoming)
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  Eden McCain shoots herself rather than letting Sylar obtain her power.
  (Fallout)
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  Sylar's cell once again becomes a crime scene as Sylar kills Hank.
  (The Fix)
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  Mr. Bennet is slammed into the wall of Sylar's cell.
  (Distractions)
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  Sylar does the same to Sandra Bennet in her home.
  (Distractions)
• 
  Sylar telekinetically jabs broken beer bottles into a trucker's back.
  (Road Kill)
• 
  Sylar kills Zane, steals his power, and stores him in the kitchen for convenient cheek swabs.
  (Run!)
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  Isaac, in the future timeline Hiro saw, was killed in his studio.
  (Don't Look Back)

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Sylar's victims for fan-created theories and other speculation.