KXO RADIO - Murder Suspect Salvador Gonzalez Apprehended

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Written by George Gale
Thursday, 01 June 2006
(A 54 YEAR OLD MURDER SUSPECT IS BACK IN THE COUNTY)....MEXICALI POLICE TURNED SALVADOR GONZALEZ OVER TO IMPERIAL COUNTY AUTHORITIES THIS WEEK. GONZALEZ IS SUSPECTED IN THE MAY 20TH NURDER OF MARIA VELOZ. SHE WAS FOUND BY HER FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE GONZALEZ HOUSE. SHE WAS IN THE BEDROOM AND WAS DEAD, APPARENTLY FROM SEVERE TRAUMA. THE FAMILY HAD GONE LOOKING FOR THE WOMAN AFTER SHE WAS MISSING FOR SEVERAL HOURS. GONZALEZ AND VELOZ APPARENTLY HAD AN ESTRANGED RELATIONSHIP THAT HAD TURNED VIOLENT. SHE HAD TAKEN OUT A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HIS. GONZALEZ DISAPPEARED AFTER THE BODY WAS FOUND. MEXICALI POLICE FOUND HIM TUESDAY, WORKING AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. MEXICALI POLICE OFFERED HIM A CHOICE OF SPENDING TIME IN A MEXICALI JAIL OR RETURNING TO THE U.S.. HE CHOSE TO FACE IMPERIAL COUNTY COURTS. MEXICAN LAW ALLOWS THEM TO CHARGE MEXICAN CITIZENS WITH CRIMES COMMITTED OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.