Paco Mendez is the owner of a nightclub called the Blue Lagoon. He has his hand in several criminal activities, and is the renter of the apartment in which Ethan Mars underwent The Lizard Trial. Madison Paige investigates him in the chapter "Sexy Girl" after finding a card for his nightclub in the house of a deranged doctor. Shortly after Madison has flees the premises, FBI agent Norman Jayden arrives to investigate Paco because of his connections with Jackson "Mad Jack" Neville. He is shot and killed by the Origami Killer, who kept Paco out of prison at one point - a point he mentions just before Jayden arrives. Jayden and the Origami Killer then have a physical encounter, with the Origami Killer escaping.