A decorated but reckless police officer whose investigation into missing girls unravels his own repressed childhood trauma and reveals he is the kidnapper/killer, leading to his tragic demise.
Luis is revealed as the perpetrator responsible for Joy's death.
The later revelation establishes that the boy who abducted and murdered Joy was Luis in his childhood.
Ella's recovery supplies the evidence that turns Luis's investigation against him.
Luis investigates Ella's disappearance, finds her in the house, and brings her to the ambulance before her testimony reveals Lara's possession.
Carmela's abusive control forms the traumatic foundation of Luis's identity and behavior.
The childhood story shows Carmela abusing and isolating the boy, while Luis's final words are addressed to his mother.
The preacher is Luis's father and participates in the oppressive household that shapes his childhood.
The boy's father lives with him in the isolated house, releases him from the cabinet, and later reveals Carmela's corpse to him.
Martha's death becomes one of the formative traumatic events in Luis's past.
Martha invites the isolated boy to play, then dies in front of him; the later revelation identifies that boy as Luis.
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