Richard Cates was a crooked chief of police. He met Marlena after Roman "died" (the first time) and wooed her. He had a little boy named Kevin. It eventually came out he was crooked (but not after he killed a bunch of people). As he was dying, he asked Marlena to take care of Kevin. I think Kevin was shipped off to boarding school, never to be heard of again.I didn't know Rod Arrants (who played an assassin on Dallas as well as other sleazy-type roles) was on Days. Looking into Richard Cates now....