Manuel "Manny" Pardo Jr. (September 24, 1956 – December 11, 2012) was an American serial killer in South Florida, a former police officer who had previously been employed by the Florida Highway Patrol and later the Sweetwater Police Department in Miami-Dade county, active from January to April 1986, often working with partner, and co-defendant, Rolando Garcia. Over the course of those months, Pardo had nine known victims. These events led to his arrest and conviction for 9 counts of first degree murder in the mid 1980s which he received the death penalty for, and ultimately his execution in December 2012.