Sheriff Vaines

Sheriff Vaines was the local sheriff of the area, and one of the main investigators into the disappearance of 5 woman who went caving, with only one (Sarah) remaining, who was recovering in hospital. Vaines suspects Sarah has murdered the others, and is feigning memory loss, so keeps a close eye on her during the search/rescue in the caves. He suspects so much during the exploration that he goes as far as to handcuff himself to Sarah, but this proves a fatal mistake when they cross a makeshift rock "bridge", which collapses under his weight and is left hanging whilst Sarah, Juno and Rios attempt to pull him up. Unfortunately, Crawlers appear and climb up the chasm to grab Vaines, and Juno realises the only logical solution is to be rid of Vaines, so she hacks through his wrist with her pick. He is also responsible for splitting up the group (Déjà Vu of Descent part 1) by firing his gun at a crawler and causing a cave in.