Karen Jones is a supporting character featured in Red Dead Redemption 2. A scam artist with a love for the outlaw lifestyle, Karen became a member of the Van der Linde gang sometime prior to At some point between and , she helped Arthur and Javier rob a bank in Tucson, Arizona by dressing up as a nun and hiding firearms under her clothes.
Mary-Beth asks if they should have invited Molly too, to which Karen scoffs and replies that Molly is "high-society" now and is too good for the likes of them. When they reach Valentine, the girls split off to pursue their own ends. Karen enters the hotel with a man, who becomes violent after Karen tries to rob him, punching her in the face. Arthur intervenes and rescues her, and the girls ask if she's okay, to which she replies that she's fine and that he only punched her.
Back at camp, Molly later confronts her, saying she has heard what Karen said about her, and Karen is completely nonchalant, admitting she said it. Molly gets furious and wildly screams that the girls are all sluts. When Sean MacGuire is rescued, the pair get very drunk at the ensuing party back at camp.
Sean chats up Karen and tells her he loves her, to which she replies that he only loves her when he's drunk, she can see in his eyes that he hates her, and she hates him too. The pair retire to a tent where they promptly begin to have sex. Midway through, Karen starts crying and Sean asks if she wants to stop, to which Karen says no, she just wants someone to "see her". Sean exclaims "I see you, Karen! As soon as the act is over, Karen exits the tent and Sean asks, "You're going?
Oh, well I'll see you in the morning, then". While at Horseshoe Overlook, Karen begins investigating the possibility of robbing the Valentine bank. This plan never comes to fruition as they are forced to move out right before the planned heist would have begun, frustrating her. Despite moving to a new camp location, Karen still wants to rob the Valentine bank, and convinces Lenny , Bill , and Arthur to help her. In the heist, she can either pretend to be a harlot or a lost girl and when the people in the bank attempt to help her, she pulls a gun on them.
