The characters / Recurring character
Patrick Hockstetter (Derry)
Patrick Hockstetter (Derry) is recorded in 2 distinct stories.
Reveal identity notes · spoilers
Derry boy whose body and cruelty are recalled by the children. The Derry boy who disappears in1958 is recalled as a decomposed victim in It and 11/22/63. Firestarter’s adult Shop psychologist is a distinct identity.
Also recorded as Patrick Hockstetter.
Stories and supporting passages
11/22/63
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Murders. Half a dozen at least. Kids. Found one down in the Barrens just recently. Patrick Hockstetter, his name was. All decayed.” “The Barrens?” “It’s this swampy patch that runs right through the center of town.
The Derry resident names the same child found decayed in the Barrens.
It
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
… he had smelled something like the death of time, and someone lit a match and he had looked down and seen the decomposing face of a boy named Patrick Hockstetter, a boy who had disappeared in July of 1958, and there were worms crawling in and out of Patrick Hockstetter’s cheeks, and that gassy, awful smell was coming from inside of Patrick Hockstetter, and in that dream that was more memory than dream he had looked to one side and …
Derry boy whose body and cruelty are recalled by the children.
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
… time, and someone lit a match and he had looked down and seen the decomposing face of a boy named Patrick Hockstetter, a boy who had disappeared in July of 1958, and there were worms crawling in and out of Patrick Hockstetter’s cheeks, and that gassy, awful smell was …
The narrative identifies the decomposed boy who disappeared in July1958.