Lee Everett, a native of Macon and ex-university professor convicted of killing a state senator who was sleeping with his wife and who was being accompanied in a police car when he had an accident when they ran over a person (Zombie) in the middle of the road . After the escape, Lee is rescued by Clementine, an eight-year-old child who survived on her own as her parents had traveled to Savannah. From there, Lee aims to protect Clementine until they can reach Savannah and find her parents while trying to survive in this completely devastated world.
