Leon Scott Kennedy.

Kennedy is known to have had a traumatic childhood due to his family's criminal ties. He was eventually left an orphan after his entire family was murdered. Kennedy himself only survived thanks to the help of a police officer, an act that inspired him to one day become a police officer in order to protect as many people as possible in the same way. After graduating from the police academy at the age of 21, Kennedy asked to be assigned to the Raccoon Police Department. His motive was the widely publicized bizarre murders occurring in and around the Arklay Mountains. Kennedy had no travel plans or an apartment in Raccoon City, and in his haste to leave, he broke up with his girlfriend. After staying overnight at a motel, he passed out from heavy drinking and awoke on the afternoon of September 29, a Tuesday. Kennedy had continued driving into town with a hangover and was now late for his report to the station. According to one version of events, his trip to Raccoon City came a week after a frantic phone call urging him not to come to work. Driving through Arklay County, he passed a highway blockade set up by the U.S. Army and National Guard, which fell amid the chaos in the city.