Early in the third season, the character Gretchen Morgan claimed to have killed Sara. Lincoln Burrows was sent a box containing what appeared to be Sara's severed head.
In the Season 5 reboot (also known as Prison Break: Resurrection ), it is revealed Sara has moved on and remarried a man named Jacob Ness (though Jacob ultimately turns out to be an operative known as "Poseidon"). She spends the season working with Lincoln to free Michael from a prison in Yemen, ultimately reuniting with him at the end of the season. Is Sara Returning for a Potential Season 6?
To punish Lincoln Burrows and maintain leverage over Michael, Gretchen sourced a lookalike corpse, decapitated it, and put it in the box.
Lincoln Burrows was sent a box containing what appeared to be Sara’s severed head as a warning after he attempted a rescue mission. The Real Reason:
Once Sara returns in Season 4, her character transforms from a gentle prison doctor into a battle-hardened survivor, participating directly in the takedown of The Company. Throughout the rest of the series, she:
Early in Season 3, Sara was kidnapped by the Company along with LJ Burrows. After Lincoln Burrows attempted a failed rescue, the antagonist Gretchen Morgan supposedly killed Sara and sent her in a box to Lincoln as a warning.
: Sara survives the entire original run and returns as a main character in the Season 5 revival, where she is living in New York and has a son with Michael. Behind the Scenes: Why was she "killed"?
Sara had actually escaped her captors and gone into hiding in Chicago with the help of Bruce Bennett, a friend of her late father. The Reunion: