GA - Matilde Gonzalez, 42, still missing, Powder Springs, 11 Oct 2019 *arrests in 2023*

[BrownBear]

Matilde Hernandez Gonzalez​

Gonzalez, circa 2019

• Missing Since 10/11/2019
• Missing From Powder Springs, Georgia
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race Hispanic
• Date of Birth 03/14/1977 (45)
• Age 42 years old
• Height and Weight 4'11, 130 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Dark brown hair, brown eyes. Gonzalez has tattooed eyebrows.

Details of Disappearance​

Gonzalez was last seen in Powder Springs, Georgia at 5:00 p.m. on October 11, 2019. She disappeared after physical altercation and has never been heard from again. Her family reported her missing two days later.

Although Gonzalez disappeared from Cobb County, she lived in Paulding County, Georgia at the time of her disappearance and that county's police are investigating her case. Gonzalez is considered missing under suspicious circumstances and her case remains unsolved.

Matilde Hernandez Gonzalez – The Charley Project

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[imstilla.grandma]

'Suspicious circumstances' in 2019 cold case disappearance of Georgia woman, police say

There are "some suspicious circumstances" surrounding the 2019 disappearance of a Paulding County, Georgia, woman, authorities say.

www.foxnews.com

Missing | Paulding County deputies search for woman who disappeared in 2019

Matilde Gonzalez has not been heard from since October 2019, according to the sheriff's office.

www.11alive.com

Sheriff: 'Suspicious circumstances' connected to woman's 2019 disappearance

MISSING: Matilde Gonzalez disappeared in Cobb County in 2019 and officials say there are some "suspicious circumstances" related to her disappearance.

www.fox5atlanta.com

Authorities still searching for woman who disappeared in 2019 under ‘suspicious conditions’

Matilde Gonzalez disappeared in Cobb County two-and-a-half years ago.

www.wsbtv.com

Missing Person: Matilde Gonzalez Hernandez
Date of Birth: 03/14/1977
Height: 4 foot 11 inches, Weight: 130, Hair: Brown to mid back, Eyes: Brown, Tattooed Eye Brows
Reported missing on 10/13/2019. No one has had contact with Matilde since Friday 10/11/2019 around 5:00 PM.
If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Matilde Gonzalez Hernandez please call the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at (770) 443-3015. #PauldingSheriff

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Matilde Gonzalez has been missing since October 11, 2019, marking three years and 11 months without answers, but on Friday, police said they hit a breakthrough.

Samantha Vasquez, who is 20 years old and from Powder Springs, and 41-year-old Alejandra Castro were charged with malice murder on Friday. Castro was also charged with concealing a death and cruelty to children along with a third person who is 45 years old.

Police have not provided any details on the case and said despite the developments, authorities have still not found Gonzalez's body. The family was notified of the three arrests.

Three arrested nearly four years after woman's disappearance: Cobb County Police

Matilde Gonzalez has been missing since October 11, 2019, marking three years and 11 months without answers, but on Friday, police said they hit a breakthrough.

www.11alive.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In a Facebook post on Sept. 11, the Cobb County Police Department said an investigation began on Oct. 12, 2019, when 42-year-old Matilde Gonzalez was reported missing by her family out of Powder Springs, Ga. She was last seen the day prior.

The Paulding County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook at the time that there were “suspicious circumstances” related to her disappearance. The Cobb County Police Department added in the statement this week that “foul play” was suspected from the start and that the case was soon turned over to its Cold Case Unit

Ga. Mom Missing for 4 Years Was Killed — and Suspects Allegedly Tricked Her Son into Thinking She Was Alive

Matilde Gonzalez, 42, was last seen on Oct. 11, 2019, police in Cobb County, Georgia say.

people.com

 

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Matilde Hernandez Gonzalez – The Charley Project

Abel Castro; Alejandra Castro; Samantha Vasquez

Details of Disappearance​

Gonzalez was last seen in Powder Springs, Georgia at 5:00 p.m. on October 11, 2019. She disappeared after physical altercation and has never been heard from again. Her family reported her missing two days later. Although Gonzalez disappeared from Cobb County, she lived in Paulding County, Georgia at the time of her disappearance and that county's police are investigating her case.

In September 2023, three suspects were charged in Gonzalez's disappearance; photos of them are posted with this case summary. Alejandra Castro was charged with malice murder, concealing a death, and cruelty to children; Samantha Vasquez, who is Alejandra's daughter, was charged with malice murder; and Abel Castro, who is Alejandra's husband, was charged with concealing a death and cruelty to a child.

Authorities believe Gonzalez was killed in a fight at a residence on Sharon Drive and that the Castros disposed of her body and then told her child that his mother had abandoned him to be with a man. They even allegedly arranged to have someone call the child from a Mexican phone number pretending that they were Gonzalez.

Gonzalez's remains have not been found, but foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved.

Last updated September 12, 2023; details of disappearance updated.

 

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What sad eyes she had.

 

[TwinkieDefense]

Sept 11, 2023 article

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article279219339.html

[…]

Divorce settlements name Vasquez as one of three children Alejandra Castro shares with an ex-husband. The two Castros are married, court records show.

Gonzalez still has not been found, police say, despite the breakthroughs. It is unclear if or how the three people may have known her.

[…]

 

[Jellyfishy]

It’s good to read that there has been progress within her disappearance case with the arrest of these suspects; hopefully it will bring some answers to what happened to Matilde… perhaps even where she is so she can be brought home to her family.