Pablo García Cejas

Pablo José García Cejas (born 1982), known as The Maldonado Murderer, is a Uruguayan serial killer who killed three acquaintances in the Maldonado Department within two months in 2015. He was convicted of all three murders and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment, the maximum penalty available under national law.

Murders In January 2015, Pablo García was visiting a chalet in Punta del Este named "Los Picaflores", where he met 56-year-old Claudia von Graevenitz. She gave him her phone number, telling her new acquaintance that they had something important to discuss. After they met, Von Graevenitz offered him 90,000 pesos and a job in exchange for killing her brother, 58-year-old Alejandro von Graevenitz, a felon with previous convictions, so she could acquire the family home. At first, García refused to accept, but was allowed to think about it, with Von Graevenitz telling him to contact her in person again. On April 2, García travelled to the Von Graevenitz residence to bring Alejandro some items belonging a friend of his. He was invited in, and at the moment when Alejandro turned his back to wash some dishes in the sink, García remembered Claudia's offer.

Trial and imprisonment After García's arrest, the murders sparked outrage in the community, with the media calling it one of the most impactful criminal cases in the department's history. In an interview with Noticias de Maldonado, Police Chief Erode Ruíz expressed his disappointment that they couldn't catch the killer earlier, saying that the officers lacked the necessary information to prevent further casualties.

A year after the murders, Marianella González, Koni Silva's mother, appeared in the news again after the company from which she had bought life insurance for her daughter, MAPFRE, refused to pay her. It's unknown whether the issue was resolved later on.