Chicago P.D. Season 13 has introduced one of its most unsettling and mysterious characters to date: Raymond Bell, an outwardly composed older man whose quiet demeanor conceals a far darker truth. His arrival has reshaped the season’s central storyline, pulling Sergeant Hank Voight and the Intelligence Unit into a chilling investigation that grows more disturbing with each episode.
Raymond Bell is first presented as a former businessman with a complicated family history. His son, Gary Bell, was a troubled criminal whose violent spiral ended in tragedy earlier this season. But as detectives soon learn, Raymond’s involvement in Gary’s life runs deeper than parental estrangement. The more Voight studies the Bell family, the more he begins to suspect that Raymond may have played a defining role in shaping Gary’s destructive behavior.
When Voight attempts to question Raymond about his son, Bell’s responses are unnervingly emotionless. Rather than grief, he offers cold detachment—an early sign that something is profoundly off. His granddaughter Julie, whom he has raised since infancy, becomes another source of concern. Her vague references to a “ghost in the basement” and her anxious behavior around Raymond suggest a troubling dynamic inside the household.
As the Intelligence Unit expands its investigation, disturbing details begin to emerge. A former employee of Raymond’s reports a violent incident involving lost fingers—an event Raymond allegedly dismissed as a justified act of punishment. Another witness claims to have seen a missing woman being taken into Bell’s basement late at night, a woman no one has seen since. Each account paints a picture of a man capable of cruelty hidden behind a polished exterior.
The fall finale intensifies this suspicion. When Voight and Imani lure Raymond to the district under the pretense of new information, he slips during questioning, revealing knowledge he previously insisted he didn’t have. It’s not enough for an arrest—but it’s enough for Voight to believe he’s closer to the truth than ever before.
Meanwhile, concern for Julie escalates. Imani receives a cryptic text message that implies the young girl may be in danger. Despite the risks, she forces her way into the Bell home, calling out for Julie as the tension builds. What she finds is only silence… until a single gunshot breaks it. The episode ends abruptly, leaving viewers terrified for Julie—and wondering what Raymond Bell is truly capable of.
At this point, Raymond Bell stands as one of the most chilling antagonists the show has introduced in years. His quiet control, unpredictable behavior, and the growing number of disturbing stories surrounding him have transformed him into the central threat of Season 13. More than a villain, he represents a psychological puzzle—one that Voight is determined to solve, even if it means confronting horrors buried beneath the Bell family’s seemingly respectable surface.
