Mike Vinson was a student at George Washington High School in 1994, who was one of the five teen victims in Brandon James' original killing spree, of which he was framed for, in the original Scream television series, from the first and second season.
The way he was killed is unknown. He was one of the people that bullied Brandon, who was able to get revenge on him by killing him. However, it is revealed Brandon survived and was framed for the murders, thus Mike and the other five victims, were actually murdered by the 94 Killer (identity unknown).
Mike would become one of the first five victims of the 1994 murders alongside Trent and Laura, of whose own placement as either the third, fourth, or fifth victim being unknown, due to only Dara Alden and Brett Keener's deaths and as the first and second victims being confirmed by Noah Foster, and physically shown via flashback in "Wanna Play a Game?".
Mike would be the second or third male victim of the Lakewood Slasher, as well as one of the first five victims overall of the Lakewood Murders spanning two decades.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Not much is known about Mike's early life except that he was born in approximately in June 1978-August 1979 (if or if not in Lakewood, Louisiana). Growing up, he would attend the same public schools, and later high school, as Dara Alden, Brett Keener, Laura Cossey, and Trent Price, as the future four victims including himself of the 1994 murders; including survivors Kevin Duval, Margaret "Daisy" Anderson, Miguel Acosta, and the town's deformed outcast, Brandon James, of whom he bullied.
The 1994 Lakewood Murders[]
On Halloween night during a dance held at George Washington High, a sophomore Mike would participate in assaulting and bullying Brandon James, due to Brandon attempting to approach Daisy, who was his friend's own girlfriend, his friend being Kevin. Due to the rumors circulating of Daisy and Brandon's affair, this led to Mike and Trent, alongside Brett, to participate in kicking and stomping on him as Brandon tried to talking to Daisy outside in the hallways of the school during the dance. Unbeknownst to him, an unidentified assailant would, by wearing Brandon James' mask, frame Brandon by murdering each of his five bullies and brutally attack Kevin, of who had survived. Not long after Dara and Brett are murdered, Mike alongside Trent and Laura, would find themselves all attacked and murdered off-screen in an unknown fashion after the former two.
Trivia[]
- Mike shares the same initials (M.V) and first name as Mike Vaughn, the voice actor of the Lakewood Slasher, also sharing the same first name with Mike Newsome, a minor character and deputy of the Lakewood Police from Season 1.
- Mike would be either the second or third male victim following Brett, and one of the first three male victims of the Lakewood Slasher overall in the titular murders spanning over two decades.
- Alongside Trent and Laura as 1994 victims, and Adam James, the former three all from Season 1, Mike is one of the only characters in the TV series and franchise to not have been portrayed by any actor.