Joseph Wintergreen

Biography
Joseph Chad Wintergreen (born October 14, 1981) was born in Austin, Texas to Canadian-American couple, Thaddeus and Laurie Wintergreen. He had six older brothers, Ryan, Dylan, Tyler, Buzz, Sean and a younger sister Casey.

His father worked at a high school as a geometry teacher and his mother was a part-time 911 dispatcher.

Moving to Florida
Prior to starting kindergarten, his father received a job promotion and his family moved to Miami, Florida where he moved into Maria Tachimi's neighborhood and right next door to her and her family.

While his parents and some movers took some boxes into the new house, Joseph got a bit bored and decided to check out his new neighborhood when he saw a little girl playing with her Transformers action figures and reading her Dragon Ball manga, which was quite unusual. She was also wearing a Miami Heat basketball cap.

Later Life
29 years passed since the tragic and timely death of his childhood friend Maria, Joseph is now a single father of eight adopted kids. He has a son adopted from Japan with a shortbob-styled hair.

Personality
Joseph is a kind, sweet and thoughtful boy. He defended Maria from her female classmates whenever they bullied her and stuck right by her side. He made a vow that he would always protect her from those cruel, heartless girls.

When she was brutally murdered by Josephine and Susie, Joseph blamed himself and believed that it was all his fault that she died, feeling like that he had broken a promise to her. He would never forgive himself for what happened to Maria.

After Maria's funeral, Joseph was feeling overwhelmingly guilty of letting Maria die that he tried to kill himself by hanging himself in his bedroom with a neck-tie whilst suspended in mid-air by the ceiling fan but he was stopped by his mother who happened to be walking down the hallway.

Maria's death drove Joseph into depression.

Quotes
"Hey, you! Leave her alone!"