Madison is a young journalist living alone in the city. Suffering from crippling insomnia and nightmares, she often finds herself checking into local motels for the night - the only place she can relax and sleep in. She can possibly mention to Ethan in " The Nurse " that she grew up with at least two brothers and would always be the one to tend to their injuries whenever they got into trouble.
In the same chapter , she can also claim that she has suffered from insomnia since she was a little girl. However, she only gives this statement when choosing "Lie" in response to Ethan's inquiry, which implies her statement is false. If she goes to the warehouse alone in " The Old Warehouse ," she may tell the Origami Killer whom she knows to have had a troubled past with their parents that there is nothing harder than not being loved by one's parents, suggesting she may have had a poor relationship with her parents.
It is unknown how long she has lived in the City , but it is known she was living there by She has also known Sam for a long while. The horrors she witnessed caused her to develop insomnia and suffer from nightmares in which she is ambushed and brutally murdered by masked intruders.
In , Madison began investigating the Origami Killer case. Sam provided her with information about Leland White , a taxidermist suspected of being the Origami Killer. While visiting his home , she discovered the stuffed bodies of several women Leland had brutally murdered, but her investigation was cut short when Leland returned home. After escaping the house and potentially killing Leland during her escape , an article about Madison's discoveries was posted in an issue of The American Tribune.
Madison is introduced in the eleventh chapter of the game, " Sleepless Night ," the latest of any initial appearance. She wakes up at 2 a. She notices a series of strange goings-on in her apartment as if someone is there. Suddenly, a gang of intruders appear and ambush Madison. Madison will always end up being defeated by them, and will "die" - before this is all revealed to be a nightmare. In " Fugitive ," Madison must help Ethan escape from Carter Blake and Norman Jayden ; failure to do so will result in Ethan being imprisoned only to be broken out by Norman later.
