Sheriff Ben Meeker

Short Biography

Ben Meeker is the sheriff of Haddonfield after the former sheriff Leigh Brackett had retired and moved away. He had one daughter named Kelly.On October 31 1988, Meeker meets Sam Loomis who tells him that Michael Myers is back in Haddonfield. Meeker doesn't believe Loomis as Loomis tells him that Myers is after Jamie Lloyd as Myers shouldn't even know about Jamie as she was born while he was locked up. Once Loomis yells that six people have already died and that Myers will stop at nothing to get to Jamie, he tells a deputy to call the police and the tv stations to warn everyone and he goes with Loomis to check up on Jamie.They make their way to the Carruthers home where they find their dog Sundae murdered. Meeker starts to believe Loomis that Myers is back in town and search the streets for Rachel and Jamie. They find and pick up the girls and take them to the police station only to discover that Myers was already there and killed everyone inside. Meeker decides the only other place to take them is his own home. As they walk out to the car, Loomis and Meeker are met by Earl Ford and his friends. They demand to know what is going on in town but Meeker wants them to go to their homes. Loomis reveals to them that Michael has returned which gets Earl and his friends railed up and they go out to search for them. When Meeker wants an answer as to why Loomis told them this, he tells him that they are probably the only force they have against Michael now that the police force was down in numbers.