Gabrielle believed Alejandro to be dead, so in the seventh season she went to her home town to read a letter over his grave; but she ended up not going to it. Towards the end of the season, however, Alejandro appears in Wisteria Lane stalking Gabrielle. In the season finale, Alejandro confronts Gabrielle because he believed he had put his past behind him, and Gabrielle's return to her hometown may have put an end to that. Gabrielle almost kills him once but cannot go through with it, telling Alejandro never to come back. When Alejandro returns and touches Gabrielle inappropriately, Carlos hits him over the head, accidentally killing him. The housewives cover up the incident by burying the body in the forest.