Carla Matheson

Carla Matheson (neé Adair) was the wife of Gary Matheson and the mother of Megan Matheson.

Trojan Horse
Carla was 8 months pregnant with Megan during the events of Trojan Horse, engaged to her boyfriend Gary Matheson. While attending the Silver Screen Awards show in Downtown Los Angeles with some of her colleagues, including Teri Bauer, terrorists took over the ceremony. The stress of the situation induced Carla's labor prematurely. The resulting pain led to her screaming uncontrollably, to the frustration of their terrorist captors. When the terrorists threatened to silence her, Teri Bauer stood up to them, seconds before CTU and LAPD saved the hostages and ended the crisis. Carla was last seen being wheeled away in a stretcher.

Day 2
At 8:14am, Carla cooked breakfast for her family and Megan's new nanny, Kim Bauer. She embraced Gary when he came into the kitchen and made plans to go shopping.

Later that hour, Carla returned home earlier than expected to wrap a present for Gary's assistant she had forgotten about, and worriedly asked Kim to take Megan upstairs to her room. When Gary returned, he savagely beat Carla in a fit of rage and gave her a black eye. She gave Kim her car keys and told her to take Megan away from the house.

Shortly after 11:00am, Megan was rushed from CTU to St. Virgil's Hospital to be treated for a concussion Gary had given her. Kim called Carla and asked her to come to the hospital to back up her claim that Gary was the one who had abused Megan. Carla agreed, but Gary stopped her as she tried to leave. He beat her to death at around 11:35am, and stowed her body in the trunk of his car, where it lay undiscovered until CHP Officer Brown pulled Kim and her boyfriend Miguel over while they were trying to leave Los Angeles.

Later, it was revealed that there had been a witness to Carla's murder, who implicated Gary in the crime.

Before Day 1

 * Trojan Horse

Day 2
* Appears as corpse only.