Isaiah Merchant was a barber who adopted a young girl named Melanie after her blood family had been murdered. Isaiah and his family were killed by Melanie who was also responsible of killing her previous family. Isaiah was thought to be the killer of the Merchant family. Like Melanie, his ghost haunted the painting of his family, but he was more benevolent despite the legends about him. Isaiah was trying to use the painting to warn people about Melanie and point them to the mausoleum where her ashes and doll were interred where she could be destroyed.