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Who Is Maria Gonzalez? Wikipedia, Father, Murderer, Killed

After being on the run for a week, the murderer of Maria Gonzalez, Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, has been arrested with charges of capital murder in Shreveport, Louisiana, where his sponsor lived. Now, he will be extradited back to Pasadena, Texas. In the beginning, he was announced as the person of interest. Eventually, investigators were able to obtain information and evidence implicating him in the murder.  

Maria Gonzalez Wikipedia Details

Date Of Birth: 2012

Birth Day: N/A

Father: Carmelo Gonzalez

Mother: N/A

Age: 11 years old (died on 12 August 2023)

Siblings: One Sister

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Birth Place: Guatemala

Married: N/A

Nationality: Guatemalan

Murderer: Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez

Religion: Christianity

Cause Of Death: asphyxiation due to strangulation

Ethnicity: Guatemalan

Profession: N/A

Height: 4 feet 7 inches

Net worth: N/A

Weight: 40 kg

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Who Is Maria Gonzalez? Biography & Parents Details

Maria Gonzalez was a girl from Pasadena, Texas, who was beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled to death inside her family's home. As per records, her cause of death was ruled as asphyxiation due to strangulation and blunt force head and neck trauma. Moreover, she was found dead under her bed in a trash bag after being sexually assaulted. At the same time, Maria Gonzalez is yet to have a Wikipedia page.

Maria Gonzalez was born to her father, Carmelo Gonzalez, and her mother, whose identity hasn't been yet available in the public media, in Guatemala somewhere in 2012, which brings her age to 11 years old at the time of her death on 12 August 2023. As per records, her uncle and aunt also lived in the same complex where she was found dead. Records show that her father doesn't have good English and used to go to work for his livelihood. As per records, her mother still lives in Guatemala with her sister. Both her parents hold Guatemalan ethnic backgrounds.

As Maria Gonzalez was born in Guatemala, she holds Guatemalan nationality. Records show that she came to the USA along with her father and lived in Austin, Texas, and Florida, before settling in Houston. Even though there are no records regarding when she enjoyed celebrating her birthday and what her zodiac or birth sign is, her age is said to be 11 years old. Based on available data and facts, Maria Gonzalez had Christianity as her religion.

Other than that, as Maria Gonzalez and her father moved to Houston just a few months back, she was yet to enroll in a school at Pasadena ISD. Looking at her age, she might have been an elementary school student. Meanwhile, at the time of her death, Maria Gonzalez had a Height of around 4 feet and 7 inches with a decent weight of around 40 Kg.

Maria Gonzalez Murder Details

Maria Gonzalez was found dead in her family apartment at the Main Village Apartments on 12 August 2023. As per records, her father had left for work at 9:45 am on that day. Just after 15 minutes, Maria messaged her father that someone was knocking on their door. Eventually, her father lost contact with her and asked his brother, who lived in the same apartment, to go and check on her. Eventually, after her father returned home at 3:00 pm, her body was found wrapped in a trash bag inside a clothes hamper underneath her own bed. Moreover, she had been strangled, beaten, and sexually assaulted.

In the beginning, there was no information regarding who the murderer was. Eventually, it was found Maria's neighbor and fellow Guatemalan, Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, was the murderer. As per records, the 18 years old murderer came to the USA in January 2023. After the murder and was on the run. Eventually, he was arrested by Shreveport police in Shreveport, Louisiana. The murderer has been charged with capital murder in the death of Maria Gonzalez.

April Aguirre, a community advocate in Pasadena, started a GoFundMe page for her funeral on behalf of her father, which has raised around $54,500 at the time of writing.

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Lorie Orum

Update: 2024-05-19