| Gabriel Garza Hoth | |
| Birthname: | Gabriel Garza Hoth |
| Alias: | The Black Widower |
| Birth Place: | Mexico |
| Victims: | 3 |
| Beginyear: | 1991 |
| Endyear: | 1998 |
| Country: | Mexico |
Gabriel Arturo Garza Hoth also known as "The Black Widower", was a Mexican serial killer active between 1991 and 1998 in Mexico City. He collected life insurance payments on his wife and lovers,[1] gaining a total of 500,000 dollars.[2]
His first victim was his first wife, named Soledad Valdez, who had a heart attack and died in 1991, but the doctors believed that maybe she had been poisoned. His second victim was his girlfriend named Marcela Palacios, who died in 1992 in a "violent assault". The final victim was Ana Gloria Gomezpalacio who died in another "assault".[3] The coincidences were alerted to the police, but Garza escaped to Spain. He was captured in 1998 and extradited to Mexico, where he was condemned to life in prison.