Maria Dumack

**Maria Dumack** was the mother of Roland Dumack, a former inmate at Parkrangers Prison, an incarcerated criminal, and the deuteragonist of the psychological horror drama film *The Librarian*. Born in the mid 50s, Maria grew up as an impoverished child and eventually moved to Cherrywood, Maryland, in order to have a better life for herself. There, she met an unnamed man with whom she had a strictly sexual relationship with. The promiscuous encounters resulted in her becoming pregnant with the man's son, who she named Roland. However, the man left her after he found out about the pregnancy, which left Maria to find a job and a small apartment to provide for her son.

## Life Information

### Cause of Death

Stabbed to death by Bailey Carlos Van Duke

### Occupation

Inmate at Parkrangers Prison (formerly)Captive and slave to Bailey Carlos Van Duke

## Personal Information

### Relationships

Unnamed (Roland Dumack's father)Bailey Carlos Van Duke (abductor and nemesis)

## Appearances

### Films

*The Librarian* (2023)

She was also forced to give birth to Roland alone. After he was born, Maria spiraled into a depression due to a mix of having to constantly provide for her son and working multiple jobs. However, she still tried to give Roland the best life he could possibly live. As Roland grew, so did Maria's desperation and size. Because of her eating habits and nature of her job, Maria gained a serious amount of weight which resulted in her at one point having a serious but non-fatal heart attack. After being fired from her job, Maria went on a downward spiral after constantly being berated about her weight, which took an enormous tole on her mental and physical health.

The result was that Maria could no longer find a stable job and she grew distant from Roland, who did his best to support her as he loved her unconditionally. It was at this point that Maria realized that she could manipulate Roland into doing *anything* for her. Sometime around the year 1997, Maria was arrested for an unspecified number of crimes, all involving children, and given a life sentence in Parkrangers Prison. A devastated Maria then asked her son to find a way to incriminate himself and take the blame for her crimes in order for her to be released and for him to be placed in prison. This makes Maria responsible for making Roland a serial killer.

In order to incriminate himself and make Maria seem innocent, Roland had to reluctantly become a mass murderer and went on an unsolved murder spree for over 16 years, during which he developed the mental mindset that only his mother mattered, no one else, which fuelled his desire to kill even more. Maria used Roland to her advantage over those 16 years and their plan was working well. However, in 2023, when serial killer Bailey Carlos Van Duke was imprisoned at Parkrangers, he noticed Maria speaking with Roland and watched her while she slept, which caused her to become traumatized a little from the encounter. Eventually, Bailey Carlos started a psychological war with Roland, of which Maria was a heavy part of.

The war culminated in Bailey abducting Maria from Parkrangers Prison and keeping her as a hostage at his own home, where she was horrendously abused by the demented murderer, treated like a dog, chained up like a slave, and at one point, Bailey Carlos enforced cannibalism on her. The abuse culminated in Bailey Carlos taking Maria to an abandoned courthouse where Roland was invited to watch. Maria was killed by Bailey Carlos in a brutal stabbing ritual, during which he impaled her neck and stomach with a knife as well as repeatedly stabbing her corpse to ensure her death.

Maria's death ultimately pushed her loyal son into killing Bailey Carlos instead. It can be assumed that Maria's body was buried in a cemetery around Parkrangers or around her original home. Despite the fact that Maria's mission led to her death, Roland eventually confessed to his crimes and was sentenced to death in Parkrangers Prison. Although she wasn't alive to see it, Maria's wish for Roland to go to prison was fulfilled, but at the cost of both her and her son's lives.