Jessie (Eden Rising)

"We’re still friends right? I thought I could be part of the family, I thought we were gonna’ friends! Right? We're friends."

- Jessie's last words, her final panicked plea to Ash

Jessie was a minor character featured in two episodes of Eden Rising.

Pre-series
Most of Jessie's past is unknown. She claimed to be part of a group including her own high school classmates and teachers, who all fell victim to a group of cannibals that lured people toward their home with signs and then shooting them down like a shooting range, before dragging them in, killing them, and chopping them up to eat.

Season 2
Jessie was discovered by Ash, Darla and PJ hiding out in a cabin once inhabited by cannibals. As she traversed through the forest with the kids, PJ became wary of her and warned Ash, saying he didn't trust her. Ash said he'd look into it, and seemed to be warming to her as they had a talk at a dock together, until she mentioned joining his makeshift family at the airport to which he got uncomfortable and got some sleep.

The next day, while scavenging at a local market, Ash goes through Jessie's things and discovers a knife with pretty fresh blood on it. She claims she killed infected with it, but Ash felt the blood was too fresh to believe her story. Not taking any chances, Ash executed the pleading girl with a gunshot wound to the head.

Jessie's execution was used as a lesson to Darla and PJ; Ash told the two younger survivors to trust no one.

Trivia

 * Jessie's murder at the hands of Ash and his lesson to Darla and PJ about trusting people foreshadowed Darla's first human kill; the death of Maude at the girl's hands in the second season finale.