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WILLIAM JENKINS - Supporting Role

Male, 40s-50s. A deeply traumatized former bus driver living in isolated paranoia after losing his daughter to an emergency event. Jenkins keeps every radio and TV in his house running constantly, sleep-deprived and mentally fragile.

This role demands exceptional emotional range. Jenkins must convey genuine trauma while hiding a dark secret. He shifts between vulnerable empathy (connecting with Owen over shared loss), defensive panic (when his story unravels), and desperate justification (insisting he "protected" his children by murdering them to spare them from future emergencies).

The character requires authentic portrayal of someone who has convinced himself that killing his children was an act of mercy. He truly believes he saved them, making him tragic rather than simply villainous.

Key scenes include: Reluctant connection with Owen, detailed recounting of a fabricated "forest emergency," interrogation where inconsistencies expose his lies, and desperate confession before suicide.

This is a major supporting role. Voice actors cast in this role will receive an IMDB credit.