Who is John Asselta from Gone for Good and what is their importance? Gone_for_Good_(novel) English & Literature John Asselta | Gone for Good

Known as "The Ghost" because of his light coloring but also because of his ability to vanish into crowds, he is a childhood friend of Ken Klein. John is looking for Ken and Will believes it is to get revenge for Ken's decision to turn state's evidence against John but it is actually because John wants to right a wrong against the only person who ever really cared for him—Julie Miller. It is John who turns in information to convict Philip McGuane and who kills Nora's brutally abusive husband. It is also John who tells Will the truth about his relationship with Carley. John is a psychopath and is convicted as a child killer though it was actually Ken who committed the crime.