Darryl Wright is an Australian journalist who was in cahoots with Christine Rutherford in a plot to claim an "inheritance" from her husband, Henry. That moment came when Christine killed Henry using the earthquake as a cover. Unfortunately, Henry's murder was recorded on Sharona's answering machine. Darryl then decided to try and woo Sharona in order to retrieve the keys to her apartment, knowing the area around her apartment was quarantined after the earthquake. Once he got a hold of what he believed to be Sharona's keys, he went to her apartment to find that he grabbed the wrong keys, on top of that, a gas company technician named David Bushner, caught Wright in the act and attempted to call it in, only to be stabbed and killed by Darryl. His body was placed elsewhere to be found, knowing that leaving a corpse outside Sharona's home would further make retrieving the tape impossible. As soon as the phone lines were working, Sharona checked her messages, and Henry was one of those messages, only thing is she heard Henry being killed by Christine. Darryl immediately showed his true colors as he took Sharona hostage, had Christina meet him at Sharona's house, and demanded the tape. Sharona used her damaged ceiling as a ploy to outsmart them. Christina was knocked unconscious, but Wright regained his sanity and went at Sharona. Before he had a chance to kill her, Stottlemeyer immediately has him and Christina arrested.