Delores Padilla

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**Delores Padilla** is a fictional character on *General Hospital*.

## Storylines

* 2006-09
* 2010-12

Delores first arrives to Port Charles in late 2006 and becomes a detective of the Port Charles Police Department under commissioner Mac Scorpio.

In February 2007; she, commissioner Mac with his nephew James, and district attorney/hostage negotiator Ric Lansing are at the scene of the Metro Court hostage crisis occurred by Jerry Jacks aka James Craig where Sonny's children Michael, Morgan, and Kristina are outside scared along with Diane Miller who were worried sick. The aftermath lead to Mayor Garrett Floyd being interviewed by the press about Jerry Jacks and his accomplices that contains Sonny's rival Lorenzo Alcazar, serial killer Franco Baldwin, Faison's son Sonny, Tracy's ex-husband Paul Hornsby, and Liesl Obrecht who were later arrested and lawyered up except Lorenzo who escaped the scene of the crime to avoid capture as security at Metro Court Hotel to be tightened. Less than three months later, Elizabeth's son Jake Spencer was born.
She became Dante Falconeri's new partner at the Port Charles Police Department after Jerry Jacks was shot. Delores is a very skilled officer having graduated at the top of her class at the police academy. When Dante got shot, Delores took over several of his cases to allow him time to recover, but once he came back to work, Dante and Delores began to clash a bit.

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Eddie Cabrera - Delores' husband
* Rosa - Delores' sister (deceased)

* T.J. Ashford
* Scott Baldwin - Former District Attorney and Franco's father
* Gerald Brodin - Captain of the S.W.A.T. team
* Shawn Butler - Now living in San Francisco
* Nikolas Cassadine
* Michael Corinthos
* Morgan Corinthos - (deceased)
* Alexis Davis - Sam, Kristina, and Molly's mother; and Former District Attorney
* Kristina Davis - Sam's half-sister
* Emma Drake - Patrick and Robin's daughter
* Patrick Drake - Now living in Berkeley
* Connie Falconeri - (deceased)
* Dante Falconeri - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department and Delores' former partner
* Pres Floyd - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Russell Ford - Former General Hospital Chief of Staff (deceased)
* Jasper "Jax" Jacks
* Georgie Jones - (deceased)
* Maxie Jones
* Molly Lansing-Davis - Sam's half-sister and Assistant District Attorney
* Ric Lansing - Sonny's half-brother, Molly's father, and former District Attorney
* Sam McCall
* Diane Miller - Now living in Los Angeles
* Jason Morgan
* Brook Lynn Quartermaine
* Ned Quartermaine - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Tracy Quartermaine
* James Scorpio - Robin's brother and Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Mac Scorpio - Current Commissioner and former Chief of Detectives of the Port Charles Police Department
* Robin Scorpio-Drake - James' sister now living in Berkeley
* Jake Spencer - Elizabeth's son with Jason
* Luke Spencer - (deceased)
* Lulu Spencer - (hospitalized)
* Damian Spinelli
* Elizabeth Webber
* Johnny Zacchara - Delores' ex-boyfriend (imprisoned)

* Diego Alcazar - (deceased)
* Lorenzo Alcazar - (deceased)
* Franco Baldwin - Scott and Heather's son (deceased)
* Joey Bruzetta - (deceased)
* Helena Cassadine - (deceased)
* Cesar Faison - (deceased)
* Sonny Faison
* Darryl Hayes - (deceased)
* Jerry Jacks
* Heather Webber - Franco's mother later became The Hook killer best known to conceal her face and identity for most of 2022 until New Year's Day 2023 after her face and identity are revealed (imprisoned)