The central protagonist suffering from cancer, who becomes spiritually targeted by the vengeful spirit of Jonah. His psychic connection to the house's dark necromancy history leads to a climactic sacrifice where he breaks through walls and ignites a fire to free trapped souls. He survives with a miraculous cancer cure, concluding his arc in the 2009 film and setting a positive trajectory that isolates his story from the 2013 sequel's different haunted property.