Samantha Reyes

Samantha Reyes was a District Attorney in New York City, who wanted to use the trial of Frank Castle to push her political career. However, when the Punisher escaped prison and threatened to expose Reyes' part in the deaths of his family, Reyes was assassinated by Ray Schoonover.

Biography
Reyes worked as the District Attorney of New York. In her time as the DA, Reyes was involved with and connected to many events of misconduct which resulted in most of her staff taking the fall for her but with Reyes walking away completely unscathed.

Accusing Jessica Jones
Reyes dealt with the case of Jessica Jones, who had seemingly murdered Kilgrave in cold blood, despite Jones had no other choice to stop Kilgrave from using his mind control powers to harm other people. Jeri Hogarth defended Jones by saying Kilgrave made her kill him out of guilt for every crime he had made other people commit for him. Hogarth also pointed out that the citizens who were mind-controlled during the whole incident, who Reyes claimed were just drunks who got into a fight, and that all the police officers present opened fire against Jones without justification.

To avoid any scandal, Reyes gave up in her pursuit, but she asked Jones if she had anything to add, only for Jones to remain silent. However, as part of Reyes' campaign against vigilantism, she continued to investigate Jones, and submitted her under serious scrutiny.

Failed Sting Operation
Sometime after the Jones case, Reyes' office became aware of a new drug lord called the Blacksmith attempting to take over the drug trade in New York, who remained elusive as how he was smuggling drugs into the country. Eventually, an undercover cop tipped of the D.A.'s office that the Blacksmith was arranging a meeting between the Irish mob, Mexican Cartel and Dogs of Hell at the carousel in Central Park. Reyes arranged a sting operation in hopes of identifying the Blacksmith.

However, Reyes decided against clearing the park, fearing it would tip off the gangs. The sting quickly went south, as the Blacksmith didn't show up, and the gangs got rattled, resulting in them opening fire on each other, killing the undercover cop and the Castle family in the crossfire. Frank Castle survived a gunshot to the head. In a vain attempt to cover up her failure to save her career, Reyes had the dead cop labeled a John Doe and gave a Do Not Resuscitate order on Castle, but the latter revived without any medical assistance. Castle, determined to find answers behind his family's death, began killing all the gangs involved.

Hunting the Punisher
To be added.

Family

 * Father
 * Daughter

Allies

 * Blake Tower - Subordinate
 * New York City Police Department
 * Brett Mahoney
 * Cynthia Batzer
 * Gregory Tepper †
 * Andrew Lee

Enemies

 * Jeri Hogarth
 * Jessica Jones
 * Nelson and Murdock
 * Matt Murdock
 * Karen Page
 * Foggy Nelson
 * Grotto †
 * Edgar Brass
 * Frank Castle/Punisher
 * Blacksmith † - Killer

Trivia

 * In The Man in the Box, Reyes wears a sweatshirt, implying she possibly graduated there.

Behind the Scenes

 * In AKA Smile, Michelle Hurd is incorrectly credited as playing "Katrina Reyes", despite the fact that Jeri Hogarth addresses her as "Samantha" onscreen.