“
I wrote Final Cut! I directed it. Beck was just an actor--cattle, like Hitchcock said! I let the f-cker act in my movie! He was Freddie Krueger, but I was Wes Craven!
”
David "Dave" Yarno is the main antagonist of the Criminal Minds novel Jump Cut. He is the best friend and dominant partner of Becker Chapin. Together, the duo are serial killers that murder homeless people in order to film their deaths and use the footage for a horror movie.
(1986 - ???)
Victims[]
- At Least Two Unspecified Animals - Killed by David Yarno prior to the book, mentioned.
- Elizabeth Hawkins - Bled out after being stabbed three times in the midsection, two times in the chest, and having her throat cut by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy a scene from an unnamed horror movie five months prior to the book, body described. Shared kill with David Yarno.
- Frank Webster - Stabbed once in the shoulder, once in the kidney, and once in the heart by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy a scene from an Italian horror movie called Il Morte Improvviso four months prior to the book, described in a video. Shared kill with David Yarno.
- Paula Creston - Bled out after being stabbed several times and having her throat cut to near decapitation by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy a scene from an unnamed horror movie five days prior to the book, body described. Shared kill with David Yarno.
- Roger Rendell - Bled out after being stabbed several times and having his femoral artery cut by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy a scene from an unnamed horror movie off-page, body described. Shared kill with David Yarno.
- Benjamin "Bengie" Gray - Bled out after being stabbed several times and having his throat cut by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy an unnamed horror movie off-page, body described. Shared kill with David Yarno.
Kill Count[]
- Total - 7
- 5 Humans
- 3 Men
- 2 Women
- 2 Animals
- All Animals of Unknown Species
- 5 Humans
Characters Killed by David Yarno[]
- Elizabeth Hawkins - Bled out after being stabbed three times in the midsection, two times in the chest, and having her throat cut by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy a scene from an unnamed horror movie five months prior to the book, body described. Shared kill with David Yarno.
- Frank Webster - Stabbed once in the shoulder, once in the kidney, and once in the heart by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy a scene from an Italian horror movie called Il Morte Improvviso four months prior to the book, described in a video. Shared kill with David Yarno.
- Paula Creston - Bled out after being stabbed several times and having her throat cut to near decapitation by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy a scene from an unnamed horror movie five days prior to the book, body described. Shared kill with David Yarno.
- Roger Rendell - Bled out after being stabbed several times and having his femoral artery cut by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy a scene from an unnamed horror movie off-page, body described. Shared kill with David Yarno.
- Benjamin "Bengie" Gray - Bled out after being stabbed several times and having his throat cut by Becker Chapin with a knife to copy an unnamed horror movie off-page, body described. Shared kill with David Yarno.
Note[]
- The only factor that prevents Yarno from being considered pure evil is his love for Beck, best shown by his reaction to the latter getting killed.
Trivia[]
- He is 21 years old by the time of the book.
