doesn't fire her, knowing she's only trying to make money for her family, but demands she put an end to it. Ross however, threatens to tell Warden Leo Glynn and take from Whittlesey everything she has worked for unless she continues. When a riot breaks out in Em City, Whittlesey is protected from serious harm or rape by Kareem Said and the Muslims, but ultimately taken hostage along with several other COs. When Miguel Alvarez attempts to patch up two severely injured guards, Whittlesey reveals she used to be a volunteer nurse and offers assistance, which is ignored. When the SORT team prepares to storm Em City, Whittlesey is lined up with McManus (who traded himself as a hostage for the two critically injured officers) and the other COs with the expectation they will be the first to get shot and killed. In the ensuing chaos Ross shoots McManus with Said's discarded handgun. Whittlesey later procures a gun and kills Ross, shooting him in the head, heart, and genitalia. Season 2 (1998) As Alvah Case investigates the riot, he notices that Ross was shot execution style. Meanwhile, while patrolling Unit B, Vern Schillinger, leader of the Aryan Brotherhood, tells Whittlesey that he saw her kill Ross and that he will make sure she is exposed. When Case confronts Whittlesey, she admits to killing Ross. Glynn convinces Case that Whittlesey is the best guard he's ever had, that she is struggling to make enough money, and that punishing her for taking Ross' life is not worth ruining hers. Feeling sorry for Whittlesey, Case rules that Ross was killed by bullets from the SORT team members. Schillinger proposes to Whittlesey that if she helps him kill Tobias Beecher, he will pay her handsomely and keep her secret. She turns the tables against him, however, and sets him up to be charged with conspiracy to commit murder. To get back at her, Schillinger tells McManus the truth about Ross' death. Whittlesey denies it to McManus. Eventually, Whittlesey decides to move back to Emerald City, where she shows an unrequited interest in McManus. He now suspects her of killing Ross, and reopens the investigation. She admits to him that she did do it, but only because Ross shot him first. Schillinger approached Muslim leader Kareem Said, who was handling cases for various prisoners, and asked him to represent him on the conspiracy to commit