Pablo Oritz was a Mexican immigrant who delivers fashion-designer clothing to Julian Hodge's fashion studio. In 2004, he was delivering designer outfits when he was arrested for the stalking and murder of Clea Vance, despite the fact that he never actually met her. He was then found Guilty in court due to DNA evidence, and sentenced to life imprisonment. This completely distressed Maria Ortiz, his mother, to the extent that she could not focus on her duties as designer number 8 as a result of his imprisonment. In actuality, he was framed for the murder by San Francisco Police Department's forensics researcher Howard Gordo as part of a bribe from Julian Hodge, the true culprit of the murder, as well as having Natasha falsely accuse him of stalking Clea.