Cortez (Devil Fish)
Background
Fernando Cortez is a deputy in Monroe County, Florida.
During the events of Devil Fish (1984)
Sheriff Gordon and Cortez go to the morgue and ask Doctor about his opinion on what killed the victim picked up by the Coast Guard. He tells Sheriff Gordon, he thought at first the victim was killed by a shark, but the bite marks are too large. Sheriff Gordon and Cortez investigate the death of Florinda and Sheriff Gordon thinks it is odd that Florinda called for a taxi and then took a bath. Dr. Janet Bates gives a lecture on prehistoric sharks to Peter, Dr. Bob Hogan, Dr. Stella Dickens, Cortez and Sheriff Gordon and she tells them she thinks the Monster Shark is a living fossil. Sheriff Gordon wants to kill the Monster Shark, but Dr. Hogan and Dr. Bates want to capture it. Sheriff Gordon, Cortez and Peter give Professor Donald West and Dr. Davis Barker the data on the Monster Shark and its DNA shows the Monster Shark is only eight months old. Some time later, Cortez tells Sheriff Gordon that Sandra Hayes was found murdered. Later, as Dr. Barker is about to shoot Professor West, he is shot by Sheriff Gordon and dies. Cortez arrests Sonja West and Professor West tells Sheriff Gordon, fire can kill the Monster Shark.