Mukhta Baylor

Mukhta Baylor
Mukhta Baylor in action
Vital Statistics
Gender	Male
Status	Incarcerated
Character Information
Appearances	Always Buy Retail
Portrayed by	Robert Okumu

Mukhta Baylor is one of those people who doesn't really need a name - his appearance says it all. He is a large, scarred and scary individual with the kind of personal chronicle, written in blood, that could - and did - get a person a nickname like "The Butcher of Benin".

He's a former Nigerian secret police officer who, as "Always Buy Retail" opens for business, is tearing through New York's immigrant population looking for something, something he's more than willing to kill to acquire, as Jamal Buonsi has just learned to his ultimate cost.

Baylor is the epitome of the shadow many of his fellows have fled to New York to escape, and he commands, by reputation and actions, a terrified awe which puts up a wall of silence almost as impenetrable as the Mafia's omerta.

He is ready and able to do anything, which makes him, at this point in the series, a revelation for Castle, who has previously dealt only with killers with a very compelling and specific cause for killing. Hunting him down also demonstrates the complementary strengths of our leads, Castle's ingenuity and Beckett's cool resilience and determination.