Born in Brooklyn Newyork To a long generation of police officers.After the death of his Parents when he was 8 years old he went to live with his grandfather who was a retired capt of the Aurora police Dept.He lived a normal life while growing up very active in sports and was popular with the girls.He played football while he was in college and studied criminal law and procedure most of the time he forced himself to stay awake to cram for tests.While in college he had gotten word that his grandfather had been killed in a car accident the pain had consumed him and the anger built up from the death of his parents no longer buried deep within all emotions had been brought to the surface.He headed to the house and was in the basement looking at photo's when he lost control and had his first change.Shortly after graduation he started working for the winnabego county police dept before transfering to Aurora