Eleanor Carlsson

Eleanor Carlsson is a one-time appearing character in the prequel The First Survivors. She is the first character in The Last Survivors universe to of committed suicide to avoid reanimation, which confirmed that death by hanging avoids complete reanimation.

History
Eleanor Carlsson was the previous house owner of the house that the Myung sisters and Corporal Schulte slept in while on their way to San Diego. Upon searching the house, Aera Myung finds a letter from Eleanor to her son Miko, to take his sister and brother "out east" after discovering her bite wound was infected.

Shortly after reading the letter, Schulte discovers her hanging body in her bedroom that did not move. This death confirmed that death by hanging avoids a reanimation, though it is never explained how or why. She had blonde hair and hazel eyes with freckles and glasses, though the glasses had slipped off whilst she was hanging. She was taller than Aera Myung but shorter than Schulte, hinting that her height was somewhere between 5'8-5'10. Schulte buried her body in her backyard whilst Aera took some of her clothes and closed her bedroom away from Yumi.

It is hinted that Eleanor also had a dog due to the dog treats found in the kitchen, though no toys or necessities of the dog are ever mentioned; hinting that the dog was taken by Miko or ran away.

Behind the scenes

 * Eleanor Carlsson's death is a confirmation that reanimation is avoidable by hanging or amputation of limbs.
 * Eleanor Carlsson's death is also a confirmation that the virus is quickly moving throughout the United States, due to her house being abandoned but other houses on the street still being occupied.
 * Eleanor Carlsson's son, Miko, appears as a recurring character in The Last Survivors in the town Carcabridge. Miko says in the series; "Family is something I lost forever ago", confirming his sister and brother's deaths. This also confirms that they died after 2021 but before the 2032.