For other uses of Joe, see Joe (disambiguation).
Inez, Joe
Appeared in Salvation in Death (c. May 2060)
Personal Information[]
- Address: Apartment 2A, Spanish Harlem, New York, NY
- Relationships: Consuela Inez (wife); Mitch Inez (son); five-year-old twin sons
- Occupation: Maintenance mechanic at an apartment complex.[1]
Description[]
- He had the Soldados’ gang tattoo on his left forearm, though it did not have the kill mark.[2]
Personality[]
- Detective Stuben said Joe didn’t have the kill switch in him; didn’t have the hardness for it.[3]
- His wife said he was a good man; a family man with a decent job who worked hard.[4]
- He told Eve Dallas about the events surrounding the bombings in 2043 because he said he had three kids and he had to show them how to do the right thing.[5]
History[]
- He last saw Lino Martinez fifteen years ago.[2]
- Joe was a member of the gang for about a year, a year and a half, and Lino liked that he was good with his hands; that he could fix stuff or boost cars. Lino wanted Joe to earn his kill mark but Joe said he didn’t have it in him.[6]
- He said he didn’t know anything about the bomb. He went to the dance not knowing and was ten feet away from Ronni Edwards when she was killed; he’d known her since kindergarten.[7]
- He overheard Penny Soto and Lino talking about how they planted the boomer; he also heard Penny say that they should have used a bigger one.[8]
- When he confronted them, Lino said it was a strategy for the good of the gang. Lino told Joe to keep his mouth shut or he’d set Steve Chávez on him. Penny said her finger was on the trigger of the boomer Lino built for the Skulls and added her threats to Lino’s. Joe kept his mouth shut.[9]
- He overheard Penny Soto and Lino talking about how they planted the boomer; he also heard Penny say that they should have used a bigger one.[8]
Criminal History[]
- He used to be a member of the Soldados and did time for robbery in his late teens. A slap for drunk and disorderly after his release but had been clean since then; for more than a decade (almost thirteen years).[10]
- He got busted for robbing a 24/7 and did some time.[11]
Interesting Facts[]
- He attended St. Cristóbal’s but usually went to the nine o’clock Mass as his wife liked to hear Father López’s sermons.[12]
- Joe originally told his wife that the police stopped by to ask him about one of the tenants being a witness to a hit-and-run. It was a lie and made her angry.[4]
- When he came to Cop Central with his wife to talk to Dallas about the 2043 bombings, Dallas arranged for immunity for him.[13]
References[]
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 207
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 212
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 253
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 266
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 324-325
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 320
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 320-321
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 321-322
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 323-324
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 207-208, 212-213
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 324
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 213
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 317-318