Lori Grimes (née unknown) is one of the a survivors of the outbreak. A housewife in King County, she was married to Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes and had a son together named Carl. Lori evacuated to Atlanta with Carl and Rick's best friend, Shane Walsh. Thinking her husband was dead by words of Shane, she started a romantic relationship with him, but Two months after the outbreak, Rick woke up from his coma and found Lori and Carl. She struggles to maintain the peace but is protective.