Cruise Russo (Recurring, 1991 to 1999)
Joseph Cross (Recurring, June 15th, 1999, September 28th, 1999 to November 6th, 2001; recurring, June 14 to August 28, 2002)
Ian Boyd (Recurring, February 19th, 2004 to March 2004)
Peter Vack (Recurring, April 13th, 2004 to late 2004)
Zach Roerig (January 18th, 2005 to May 2nd, 2007)
Scott Porter (April 27th, 2006 to May 3th, 2006; temporary)
Billy Magnussen (January 29th, 2008 to Present)
Lifeline
Born 1991 (Revised to 1988 when he was aged to 16 in 2004)
Occupation
Assistant to Emily Stewart at the Intruder
Former Waiter at the Lakeview lounge
Former Deejay at Crash, his grandmother's nightclub
Former Student
Had a summer job at the Country Club
Broke into the country club with Lia McDermott [July 21, 2006]
Working with his roommate to beat the system at a gambling club [Fall 2006 to Winter 2007]
Stole money from his mother to pay his gambling debts [January 2007]
Stole Will's money ($10,000) to pay his gambling debts [January 2007]
Vandalized his grandmother's nightclub to make it look like someone had broken in [January 2007]
Served time for jumping bail [May 2007 to January 2008]
Stole money from the Lakeview Lounge [February 11, 2008]
Kept quiet about his theft despite the fact that a bartendar was fired from the Lakeview for Casey's crime [mid February 2008]
Assualted a federal agent (charges dropped) [March 6, 2008]
Brief Character History
Casey Hughes, the youngest son of attorney Tom Hughes and cop Margo Hughes, has had a very stable childhood with parents who love each other. Named after his mother's deceased stepfather, Casey Peretti, Casey was surrounded by love and attention no matter what intrigues his family was immersed in. Kidnapped as a toddler by a lonely woman who desperately wanted a child, he was luckily found and reunited with his family after missing for several weeks. Years later, when he was in the cusp of adolescence, the Hughes family would almost be torn apart when Tom had an affair with, and impregnated, Emily Stewart. Although both Margo and Casey's older brother, Adam, turned away from Tom, they later forgave him and welcomed Tom's son, Daniel.
A few years later, Casey, now 16, Casey would begin a friendship with Sarah Travers, a troublemaker who was angry at her new foster mother, Jessica, who was Margo's best friend. Although Casey knew about Sarah's plan to get Jessica in trouble, he kept quiet, while at the same time trying to convince Sarah to back off her plan. Later, Sarah would leave but Casey would continue his friendship with Jess's stepson, Curtis. Meanwhile, Casey would later be perplexed at the tension between his parents, culminating in his father's having moved out. Although he tried to go some answers, no one would tell him anything. However, when he saw his mother's intense reaction when he was befriended by ex-football star "Doc" Reese, Casey figured out what happened--Margo must have had an affair with "Doc." When his suspicion was confirmed, Casey turned his back on Margo. He angrily lashed out, but to his surprise was reprimanded by Tom who reminded him that she was still his mother. Although Casey decided to move out and stay with Tom, Tom managed to convince Casey to give his mother another chance and move back home. By the end of the year, his parents had reconciled and Casey had struck up a friendship with Will Munson. Later, Casey would meet the very beautiful, kind-hearted Celia Ortega. Quickly befriending the Montegan emigrant, Casey and Celia soon began dating. Weeks later, Casey started becoming increasingly nervous and annoyed when a girl named Gwen Norbeck began befriending Celia. Early that summer, Celia became more and more concerned about Gwen who seemed to be bulimic. Soon the truth was discovered--she wasn't bulimic; she was pregnant. Horrified that someone had gotten Gwen pregnant, Celia demanded to know who the father was. Suddenly, Will spoke up and stated he was. Will's admission confused Casey, since as far as he knew Will hated Gwen. However, the alternative scared him, because if Will was not the father, that meant someone else was--Casey! When Celia learned that Will was lying, she broke up with Casey and started seeing Will. Soon afterwards Celia left town for good. In the next few months, Gwen gave birth to a baby boy and planned to give him up for adoption. However, when the woman she planned to give her baby to was suddenly incapacitated, Gwen changed her mind and tired to sue for custody of the child. However, to do so she had to name the child’s father. Desperate to get her baby back, Gwen revealed to Casey that that was his child and pleaded with him to let her admit it in court. However, a scared Casey refused to acknowledge it. Unfortunately his and Gwen’s argument was overheard by Casey’s parents. Confronted, Casey lied right to their faces and insisted that he was not the father. When a frustrated Gwen tried to point out that he was lying, the Hughes’s suggested that a paternity test be done. Although Tom was skeptical of Casey’s claim and tried to get him to admit the truth, Casey continued lying about being the father. Then to Casey’s surprise, and utter relief, the test proved that he was not the father. Several months later, Gwen informed Casey that the baby she’d been fighting for wasn’t’ theirs—there was a baby switch and their baby died soon after birth. As Gwen was recounting the story to Casey, who was devastated at having lost a son he never knew, Casey’s parents walked in and learned the truth. Angered and disappointed that Casey had refused to take any responsibility for Gwen’s pregnancy, Margo and Tom decided that Casey (who’d been accepted into the University of Wisconsin) would not be going out of state his first year of college.
At the same time that Gwen was fighting for custody of what she thought was her baby, there came a surprise guest in the Hughes house—Maddie Coleman. Maddie was Casey’s Aunt Katie’s soon-to-be ex-sister-in-law and needed a place to stay. Although she and Casey definitely did not hit it off at first, they became closer as the months went on and eventually shared a kiss. After a few months, they decided to take their relationship to the next level. However, when Casey's parents were gone for the weekend (and Casey and Maddie were all alone), Maddie suddenly pulled away. Though Casey believed the virginal Maddie was just having cold feet, she insisted she was ready; she wanted to make love to him. They tried again at a hotel but this time, not only did she pull away, Maddie unexpectedly broke up with him. Soon after, Casey began hanging out with a girl named Lia, causing Maddie to become extremely jealous. Then trouble began when Maddie lashed out by slashing Lia's car in a jealous rage. .Casey tried to get through to a shell shocked Maddie but she wouldn’t open up to him and was promptly arrested. Luckily, Lia dropped the charges to stay in Casey’s good graces. Later, Casey and Lia decided to sneak into the Country Club after hours for some late night skinny dipping. Afterwards, Casey went to check on a showering Lia and was shocked to find her stabbed to death! Because of her previous actions, Margo became concerned and suddenly Maddie was prime suspect # 1. Though Casey thought the idea was ridiculous, Margo warned him to stay away from Maddie. Afterwards, another one of Casey’s friends, Nate, was found murdered. Again suspicion fell on Maddie, with Lia’s best friend, Ann, outright accusing her of being the killer. Casey, again, refused to believe it, even though Maddie had been acting oddly. Later, Maddie, herself was attacked but was rescued by Gwen who was shocked when a shell shocked Maddie confessed what she knew—that Will had had an affair with Jade Taylor. Gwen immediately left Will and Casey befriended her. About this time, Gwen became a victim of the slasher but was luckily saved by Will. Throughout all of this, Casey continued to believe in Maddie’s innocence even though even she wasn’t sure. Finally, at the end of summer, Casey, Gwen and their friends decided to go to Raven Lake for one large party before school started. Unfortunately, the slasher followed them and ended up murdering four of the teens! Maddie, who followed the group, almost became a victim but was saved by Casey. In the end, Casey was left in critical condition; he recovered and learned that the murderer was Maddie’s oldest sister, Eve. Maddie then told Casey the dark secret she’d been hiding—the previous summer, she’d been raped by her brother-in-law. Casey was incredibly understanding and they shared a kiss after professing their love for each other. After the ordeal, Casey settled into a normal life; or so he thought. While engaging in some internet gambling, Casey soon found himself over his head. On the wings of a gambling addiction, Casey found himself deeply in debt and in an act of desperation, stole Will’s bonds.. He was quickly caught by Adam who agreed to cover for him. The thing is, Adam’s idea of covering was to frame Will for the crime—making it look as if Will was faking a burglary. Though Casey strenuously objected, Adam convinced him that nothing would happen to Will since he couldn’t be prosecuted for stealing from himself. Unfortunately, the police learned what Casey had done. Placed under arrest, he was forced to admit that he took the money. The trouble was everyone thought they meant he was responsible for framing Will, which Casey didn’t deny in an effort to protect Adam. However, Maddie refused to believe that Casey would implicate Will and urged him to tell the truth. After confessing the truth to Adam, Casey informed his parents. In the meantime, Adam had disappeared. When Maddie tearfully confessed that she killed him when he seemed to attack Gwen, Casey decided that he and Maddie, Gwen (with Will) had to go on the run. The group prepared to go to Canada and hid out at a cabin for the night. There Gwen was shocked to see Adam—he wasn’t dead after all! Deeply infatuated with Gwen by now, Adam attacked her but was pulled off by Will who had to restrain himself from killing Adam. Will and Casey both ordered their brother to leave town and Casey decided to take responsibility for his actions and returned home. Though it was hoped that Casey would get off with community service, because of his jumping bail he was given a prison term of two months. Before going to jail, Casey bid a sad farewell to his family and finally made love to Maddie. However, a few months later, Casey let Maddie know that he would not be returning to Oakdale after his released and blocked all calls from her.
Casey was released from prison in early 2008 and returned home to a jubilant Margo. Unfortunately, Margo was a little to pushy in regards to Casey’s future. While Casey wanted some time to settle back into society, his mother kept peppering with questions about getting a job or returning to school. Finally, to silence his mother, Casey got a job at the Lakeview. Margo wasn’t the only demanding person Casey had to deal with. There was also Alison Stewart who was critical of Casey’s reluctance to resume his friendships with Will and Gwen. Then Casey received a visit from his old cell mate, Matt O’Connor. Casey owed his early release to Matt since bribed a guard into speaking on Casey’s behalf. Matt had no qualms about reminding Casey what he had done and asked for payment. To pay Matt off, Casey robbed the till at the Lakeview. Later, Matt hung out with Casey when Margo arrived home. Having heard voices in the bedroom, Margo instantly thought she had heard Adam. When Matt was introduced, he played on Margo’s sympathies and spun a story about he and Casey knowing each other from Oakdale U. Before Casey could stop it, Matt got himself invited to stay at the Hughes house. Thanks to Casey, Matt also got a job at the Lakeview. Though Casey felt uncomfortable lying, Matt convinced him that it would be a bad idea for his parents to know they met in prison. In the meantime, Matt met and began dating Alison. Though she liked Matt, there was something about him that unsettled her. What especially unsettled her was Matt’s connection to a man named Gray Girard. Alison had seen Matt and Gray in conversation numerous times but Matt insisted he was just a customer at the Lakeview. Alison was convinced there was something dangerous about Gray and convinced Casey to help her find out what it was. Thanks to some help from Will, the pair learned that Gray’s real name was Gerald Nevins. Casey remembered that Margo had been raped by a man named Nevins when he was a kid and called to warn her. When he called, he was shocked to learn that Gray had shot Matt when Matt double-crossed him. Matt was due to be taken into custody for his involvement with Gray who was suspected of various crimes. Unfortunately when Matt was released, he was kidnapped by Gray who posed as an FBI agent. Gray took Matt to Casey’s house where Casey was with Alison. Gray tied up Casey, Alison and a remorseful Matt and demanded that Casey call Margo or else he would kill Alison. With no choice, Casey called Margo who came only to be tied up with the others. At that point, the group learned that Gray was the brother of the man who raped Margo all those years ago and wanted revenge for his death. He then set a bomb and walked out. Luckily, the bomb was defective and failed to go off. That same night, Gray snuck into the Hughes home to finish what he started. Fortunately, Ali returned to get her cell phone and while talking with Margo spotted Gray with a gun. Alison shoved Margo out of the way. When Tom ran down to stop Gray, he was overpowered and Margo shot Gray to keep him from killing Tom.
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