Samantha Reyes was a no-nonsense and brutal District Attorney for the Southern District of New York and rival to Jeri Hogarth, who wanted to use the trial of Frank Castle in an attempt to push her political career, as well as protect herself from her involvement in the Massacre at Central Park ever becoming common knowledge. Reyes went against Nelson and Murdock and succeeded in sending Castle to Ryker's Island. However, when the Punisher escaped from prison and threatened to expose Reyes' part in the deaths of his family, Reyes was assassinated by Ray Schoonover.