Students of the Arlington University (UTA, for its acronym in English), in Texasthey solved that Murder of Cynthia Gonzalezhappened in 1991. The students accessed all the information about the crime in the middle of this year and after they noticed it Irregularities in a woman’s statementsThey submitted a report to the agents Local Police Department (APD), the The suspect was arrested in November.
Over the last three decades, the… Crimes of Cynthia Gonzalez remained a deep secretwithout arrests or possible perpetrators. However, everything changed in September last year when 15 UTA students They were given access to all reports and materials in the filesexcept physical evidence.
This campaign was part of a new course at the educational institution, which offers selected students the opportunity to do so review real unsolved casesknown in English as cold cases, the APD with the aim of gaining new clues.
Students throughout the semester They contacted homicide investigators directly.. The young people assigned to the Gonzalez crime began investigating Janie Perkins63 years old, whose name was repeated several times in the file.
After noticing certain irregularities, they alerted the police, who decided to investigate the suspect. Then they realized it had been unable to provide an alibi to the original investigators about where he was the night the victim disappeared.
Aside from that, had failed two voluntary lie detector tests She was asked whether she knew who was responsible for the murder or whether she was involved in it.
After a closer look at the files, they discovered that this was the case Witnesses who testified that Perkins admitted his participation and had given them specific details.
All of this research led to this Perkins’ arrest on November 6 in Azle, Texas. As the police announced in a press release, was the suspect charged with murder and released on bail.
“I was very surprised when investigators told us they had made an arrest. I was very happy to hear that,” she said. Jenna Lewisone of those involved in the case, as the UTA announced.
Lawyers from the law firm Gill & Brissette, the Fort Worth firm representing the woman, said in a statement cited by The New York Times that your customer is “innocent and waiting for the opportunity to clear his name in court”.
The authorities have now issued an order to this effect allow the collection and analysis of a sample of genetic material. In their statement, the lawyers urged people: ““Don’t speculate or make hasty judgments.”. “We are confident that the truth will emerge when all the facts are presented,” they added.
The head of the APD, for his part, Al JonesHe appreciated the collaboration with the students: “We were always waiting for a moment like this. I would like to thank the students for their work. and commitment to this case. “You helped us get here.”
The authorities announced this González was last seen on September 16, 1991.as he left his house to meet with a client. The next day, her ex-husband reported her missing.
A few hours after I left the house, his vehicle was located in a neighborhood in the 900 block of Cedar Springs Terrace. On September 22nd of the same year found the body of an unknown woman on private property. had received multiple shots and was in a state of decay.
The officers took fingerprints and They confirmed it was Gonzalez. This is what the investigation revealed Perkins was her friend and who shared a couple.
A few weeks before the murder, the man He had told Perkins that he was leaving her to pursue a formal relationship with Gonzalez..
The defendant confirmed this in her statements to police officers She was glad her old friend was dead and that he had even considered killing her or having someone else kill her.
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