{"id":67193,"date":"2025-12-02T00:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/67193\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T00:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:02:09","slug":"daughter-of-serial-killer-running-for-office-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/67193\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughter of serial killer running for office in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

A candidate running for Miami Beach City Commission is the daughter of a serial killer who was executed in 2012, according to multiple reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Monique Pardo Pope is the daughter of Manuel Pardo, who was convicted of murdering nine people, WLRN<\/a> and Florida Phoenix<\/a> reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pardo Pope said in a statement posted to Instagram in September, \u201cI have not hidden who I am. From the beginning, I referenced myself as Monique Pardo Pope. My world was turned upside down when I was four years old because of the actions of my father. What he did was terrible, and I lost my father as a result.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The statement does not name Pardo directly. Newsweek reached out to Pardo Pope for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Why It Matters\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pardo Pope, an attorney specializing in family law, is running against Monica Matteo-Salinas, who served as a Commission Aide to two different Miami Beach Commissioners. The two are facing off in a runoff election after they received the most votes in a six-way general election in November, the Miami Herald<\/a> reported. Matteo-Salinas received 23 percent of the vote, and Pardo Pope received 20 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pardo was found guilty of killing six men and three women over a 92-day period in early 1986. He was linked to the killings after using credit cards stolen from the victims. Before Pardo\u2019s execution, his attorneys argued that he was mentally ill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Pardo Pope said in the September statement, \u201cThe courts found my father to be mentally ill due to health problems. I went through a long period of anger and bitterness, struggling to understand how the man I loved could commit such a crime.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

What To Know\u00a0<\/p>\n

Billy Corben, a South Florida filmmaker, spoke about the connection in a September 25 Instagram post. When asked to respond to the post by the Miami New Times<\/a>, Pardo Pope said, \u201cBilly Corben has made a career of slinging mud, which has even resulted in losing a defamation case.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Corben, who had not lost a defamation case, filed a complaint against Pardo Pope for alleged defamation, the Florida Phoenix reported. <\/p>\n

The Florida Bar filed a notice of grievance procedures, which states Pardo Pope must respond by December 10, according to the document obtained by the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newsweek reached out to the Florida Bar for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pardo Pope said in the September statement, \u201cI am confident that voters will look past the sins of my father and understand that I too am a victim in this. These attacks on me are appalling and show exactly what\u2019s wrong with politics today. I was four years old. I did not commit a crime.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

What People Are Saying\u00a0<\/p>\n

Florida Bar, in a notice of grievance procedures addressed to Pardo Pope, obtained the Florida Phoenix: \u201cIf the grievance committee finds probable cause, formal adversarial proceedings, which ordinarily lead to disposition by the Supreme Court of Florida, will be commenced … unless a plea is submitted.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Monique Pardo Pope, Miami Beach City Commission candidate, in a statement in September: \u201cMy campaign is about who I am today: a mother, an attorney, a small business owner, and someone committed to building a safer, stronger, more compassionate Miami Beach. My father\u2019s actions shaped my childhood, but they do not define who I am or the values I bring to this city. I stand on my own record of service, resilience, and dedication, and I hope voters will judge me by that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

What Happens Next\u00a0<\/p>\n

The election will be held on December 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do you have a story that\u00a0Newsweek\u00a0should be covering? Do you have any questions about this story? Contact LiveNews@newsweek.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A candidate running for Miami Beach City Commission is the daughter of a serial killer who was executed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2811,28,30,29,1642,39307],"class_list":{"0":"post-67193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-election","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-miami-beach","13":"tag-serial-killer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}