Alomar grew up at a time of regional instability in West Africa as Soviet-backed paramilitary forces gave way to quasi-nationalist guerilla warfare. Kept safe from the troubles in more rural areas, the family lived in a relatively prosperous company town, where as much as three quarters of the population held jobs at Umbrella No. 57 Plant. In 1994, Umbrella initiated a T-Virus combat data experiment, infecting one of the workers who would serve as Patient 0 for an outbreak. As the outbreak escalated, the local USS garrison acted on orders to massacre the entire town's population, both resolving the biohazard threat and silencing witnesses. Alomar herself escaped the massacre by hiding. The following day, Umbrella and the government announced that an accident had taken place at the plant, resulting in the deaths of all workers there. Alomar herself was rescued by an uncle a day later, who had presumed everyone dead and had intended to loot the house of its possessions. Unable to stay in the town, Alomar left to live with him and her seven cousins. Having had a more prosperous upbringing, Alomar's health quickly deteriorated due to malnutrition, made worse by Umbrella refusing to set-up a compensation scheme for victims' families.