Posted on 01/20/2006 12:50:44 PM PST by SmithL
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ -- A woman abducted from a Jersey shore home where her two sons were found bludgeoned to death managed to escape from her captor and run to a gas station for help, authorities said Friday.
The woman's ex-husband had called police Thursday night after she called him by cell phone, saying she had been kidnapped and forced to withdraw money from an ATM. He went to the home and found the bodies of his slain sons in the basement.
Ocean County Prosecutor Thomas Kelaher said Friday that the boys, ages 7 and 14, had been beaten to death with a hammer.
The boys' mother, Wanda Gonzalez, had been bound with neckties and wires and taken away in her own minivan, but she managed to struggle free as her abductor drove down the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. When he stopped at a gas station, she began screaming and ran to the station.
The suspect ran into a wooded area but was captured early Friday.
Richard Toledo Gonzalez, 24, described as an illegal immigrant unrelated to the family, was charged with two counts of murder, kidnapping and robbery and ordered held on $2 million bail.
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By the way, do you know how to check for replies to your posts and for FReepmail? It took me a little while.
Did they happen to mention what his real name is? (Or do they even have any way of knowing for sure?)
Maybe to divert the attention of neighbors who might be concerned with a newly arrived Mexican immigrant in the neighborhood.
Could be. I'd bet that here is more to this weird (and tragic) story than we know about yet.
Look at Robert Marshall been on Death row for years. Anyone know how long?
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!
I wonder if Saddam's shreading machine is still around?
LoL!!! Working on it.
"Significant that the perp was actually 'described as an illegal immigrant.'"
Wow. That's the first time I've seen that in an article, too.
Driving home from taking my Mom to the doctor, I was listening to the radio. The newscaster reported that, after stopping at an ATM to get money out of the kipnapped woman's bank account, she was able to break away from him. He ended up running into the woods, and called 911 because "he was cold". And yes, on he was described as an illegal immigrant on the radio broadcast.
Thank god this guy is in custody (and stupid too).
SAW HIS HEAD OFF IN FRONT OF VICENTE FOX.
"Richard Gonzalez had been living with the family since October, Kelaher said."
He wasn't a stranger!
her world has come to an end...
can only agree with that. . .what a sad, pathetic and horrible end to these boys lives; and theri parents, for that matter.
Too bad this Illegal garbage had to have his "rights" read to him.
sw
He wasn't trying to be funny.
If the illegal hadn't been here, those kids would still be alive.
His name is Richard Toledo. And I agree that there is more to the story. I think there may have been some type of relationship between Toledo and the mother.
Now I'm being misquoted. I'll repeat: YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW THINGS WORK AROUND HERE BEFORE YOU START JUMPING ON OTHER PEOPLE.
a NYC radio station, 1010 WINS ran this as their top story all afternoon,mentioning his illegal status
the 6pm ABC-TV affiliate's story didn't mention his immigration status
Not true. SmithL said no such thing. Making false allegations on your first day is not real smart. And you replied to the wrong post in your first snide remark. Maybe you better lurk a while, before you stick your foot in your mouth any more.
Thanks for the ping. Thanks for your work.
Condolences to the innocent boys family and friends. Beyond horrific.
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