Where is Giovanni Gonzalez?
August 19, 2008 by impqueen
UPDATE 11/26/08 – In a jailhouse interview, the father of Giovanni admitted that he stabbed his son to death, dismembered him in the tub and then discarded the body parts. More info at end of article.
Lynn, Mass. – Giovanni Gonzalez is five years old. He’s been missing since SundaySunday reviews
, and now Giovanni’s father, Ernesto Gonzalez, won’t tell police where his son is. Sound familiar? On Friday evening, Giovanni’s mother, Daisy Colon, took her son to a scheduled weekend visitation with his father. But on Sunday, when Colon went to pick up Giovanni, Ernesto Gonzalez wouldn’t answer the door.  When police arrived and entered the home, they found Ernesto, but no Giovanni. Â
Police initially thought the elder Gonzalez was just being a jerk about a custody dispute, until they were unable to locate Giovanni. Of additional concern was a cut on Ernesto Gonzalez’ hand that looked like it might have come from an altercation of some kind.
The Lynn Police Department and Massachusetts State Police have issued an endangered child advisory for Giovanni.  An endangered child advisory is different from an Amber Alert because there is no known vehicle or other transportation method known in this case. Still, police think that Giovanni is in significant danger.
Giovanni Gonzalez, 5 was last seen wearing blue denim jeans, a red T-shirt, a silver braided chain, and black SpiderSpider reviews
-Man sandals. He is 4 feet, 2 inches tall and has black hair and brown eyes. There is a slight birthmark on his left inner ankle, and a faded pigmentation mark on the lower right side of his chest. He was carrying a TransformersTransformers reviews
backpack.
Giovanni was last seen at about 4:00 p.m. on FridayFriday reviews, AugustAugust reviews 15, at his father’s home at 2 Brightwood Terrace in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Gonzales has been charged with one count of child endangerment. He pleaded not guilty during an arraignment yesterday, and is being held on $500,000 cash bail. He is due back in court on September 17.
UPDATE 8/23/08 – A mop and a bottle of Lysol found in Ernesto Gonzalez’ home have tested positive for the presence of blood. Also removed from the home were a belt, trash bags, two knives, a computer, and a cell phone.
Ernesto Gonzalez apparently initially told investigators that he had not had his son since the weekend prior, but that was busted. Ernesto took Giovanni to a behavioral therapy appointment on SaturdaySaturday reviews from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The therapist did see Ernesto and Giovanni together and Giovanni was alive and well at that time. It’s the last known sighting of the little boy.
While Ernesto Gonzalez refuses to talk about his son or about the gash on his hand, police are doing door-to-door searches for Giovanni in the area. One investigator says that Giovanni may be in Puerto Rico – if he’s alive.
Update 11/26/2008 – Not that I am shocked that Ernesto killed his son, but I am a bit surprised he confessed. His lawyer is none to happy about it either, criticizing The Globe for conducting the interview in the first place. Essex County officials are also skeptical, stating there is no evidence to corroborate what he has admitted to doing. Ernesto says that he didn’t mean to kill Giovanni, that it “just happened.” He told the reporter that Giovanni had been acting up while he was staying with him, and that he tried to ignore it. The stabbing came after Ernesto says Giovanni was standing, yelling in front of the refrigerator. Nest thing he knew, he was stabbing the bioy to death. He also stated he cut up the boy in the bathtub and placed him in 6 separate trash bags. He then got on his bicycle and deposited the bags in separate locations around town.
Officials are skeptical because they state that what he is admitting to have done does not match the evidence they found in the apartment…which was not evidence of anyone being stabbed to death and dismembered. They do not doubt the boy is dead, just the story of how he got that way. When asked why he was talking now, Ernesto replied “I’m going to be here a long time. My son isn’t here. They’re not going to let me go. Why not talk?”
10:40 am on August 19th, 2008
Aw hell, did that whore start a new trend? Kill your child and keep your mouth shut?
Alright people, saddle up, we have another one….
God, I will pray so hard that we find this little boy alive. Hopefully the deranged “father” is just trying to scare the mother, and took some cues from the media. And this precious boy is actually with a grandmother or someone who actually loves him.
10:43 am on August 19th, 2008
I am praying for you little Giovanni – Oh I hate this shit.
11:06 am on August 19th, 2008
Jerk is not a strong enough word.
Lets hope the cut on his hand is from the object Giovanni used to get away from his sick-ass father.
Why are there not stronger laws to prevent this type of thing happening both with fathers and mothers who take their kids while on visitation.
I’m here in Ireland and over the last year there has been an increase in parents killing their children then themselves. A mother drove her car into the sea with her 3 children in it with her. She was suffering from deprression and couldn’t get help. Then a father shot his daughter (6 yrs old) then shot himself all because he didn’t want the mother having full custody. Then just last week a father and mother arranged their funeral for themselves and their 4 children then smothered them and set fire to the house. All 6 family members were killed.
It is becoming the “norm”. That’s disgusting.
11:52 am on August 19th, 2008
Damn, damn, damn! Why? Praying for Giovanni.
12:10 pm on August 19th, 2008
Hope this cute little boy is safe with a family member to say the least. I dont understand why a parent would hurt their child just to keep them from the other parent, this is just so selfish. This is not loving your child, this is just stupid. Nobody wins.
12:22 pm on August 19th, 2008
oh man. i sure hope this little one is safe. what a cute boy…his mother must be frantic.
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12:56 pm on August 19th, 2008
I was posting updates in the forums.
Neighbors report seeing a boy who “may have been” Giovanni in the dad’s apartment around 8 PM Saturday. So the police are now looking at a window between Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 4 PM when the mom tried to pick him up.
The dad now has an attorney and is refusing to speak to investigators directly. Sound familiar??
It is also being reported that the dad has family in Puerto Rico, and investigators are looking into the “remote” possibility that the boy was sent there. Sound even more familiar??
Damned shithead dad. I hope that boy is playing in the sun in San Juan, but I have my doubts….
3:22 pm on August 19th, 2008
It is becoming the “normâ€. That’s disgusting.
No, it’s not becoming the norm. In fact, the rate of parents killing their kids continues to decrease. The overall rate of children dying continues to decrease…At least, here in the U.S. I’d like to believe it’s the same over there.
4:47 pm on August 19th, 2008
Where is YOUR son? You GD POS. :vomit:
Help this little boy.
4:49 pm on August 19th, 2008
It really is fucked up these people (parents, they don’t deserve to be called parents) can not be made to tell the truth! I can’t stand that they have knowledge of the situation but are not forth coming.
In all seriousness why in such instances can’t we use any force necessary to make the pos tell the truth. So frustrating!
4:57 pm on August 19th, 2008
Morbid better start looking under the couch cushions for spare change. :0
6:13 pm on August 19th, 2008
Hmmm…. I wonder if that bounty hunter and his nephew will daddy out of jail too. =>,>=
8:04 pm on August 19th, 2008
I’ll volunteer to implement ancient forms of torture on this fuckwad bastard until he gives up little Giovanni’s whereabouts. Obviously we can’t count on even the basest of paternal concern and protection to avail in this amoeba-brained, waste-of-spooge lifeform.
8:31 pm on August 19th, 2008
Who the fuck can hurt there own kid!?! I mean I don’t even like kids (I’m a single 30 year old male….I’m not suppose to like kids) but I would never hurt one … much less my own, and I don’t even have any yet. Sick cock goblin son of a fuck tard.
12:04 am on August 20th, 2008
Masked web avenger I like how you think! “Sick cock goblin son of a fuck tard”…that’s some funny shit!
12:41 am on August 20th, 2008
I was inspired by the all mighty, he has all the good put downs.
2:13 am on August 20th, 2008
What?? Did Satan visit the thread and I missed it? I was all ready with my panties to throw and everything!
2:18 am on August 20th, 2008
I have read satan put downs in my voyeur days before signing up and I must say he is damn good….or bad…you know what I mean! Rock on Satan and rip some assholes.
7:47 am on August 20th, 2008
I’d like to tell you that the rate of parents killing their children is going down but unfortunately it is not. The rate of suicide is dramatically up and it is seem to be a link to the pattern of parents killng their children. Our whole healthcare system has a lot to answer to.
9:04 am on August 20th, 2008
Ruby, thanks for the update. Please let us know when you get any more info on this precious boy…..
9:08 am on August 20th, 2008
The Family Court system can be a problem too. Parents going through a divorce where one parent gets piled with alimony, child support etc. They feel helpless and “BANG”, bullet to the head. If they’re real spiteful, they take the kid out too. I’ve read some horror stories online about awful judges.
I want to follow this case. As peeperann said, I hope this isn’t going to become a trend because Casey’s case has had national exposure and gives assholes ideas. I’d hate to see a parent do something like this to get out of paying child support or just the responsibility of raising their child.
3:56 pm on August 20th, 2008
Do you live in the UK? If so, your healthcare system is a damn sight better than ours in the US. We essentially don’t have a healthcare system over here. We essentially have what you might call a healthpay system. Very different thing.
4:21 pm on August 20th, 2008
Do you live in the UK? If so, your healthcare system is a damn sight better than ours in the US. We essentially don’t have a healthcare system over here. We essentially have what you might call a healthpay system. Very different thing.
Yeah, I suppose that’s why Brits are pulling their teeth out themselves, right?
Every country that tries to maintain public and private health care systems is experiencing difficulties. There’s simply not enough money in the public sector to keep the good doctors around. To create an effective public health care system, we’d have to severely limit or abolish the private sector, which will never happen in the U.S. (and god help us if it does). The U.S. system is in dire straights, but socialized health care isn’t the answer. /rant
P.S. Haven’t seen you around in awhile. If you’ve been gone, welcome back. You’ve been missed.
2:45 am on August 21st, 2008
doesn’t anyone find it odd that his name is Gonzalez same as Zannie the babysitter ?
What are they doing to find this lil boy ? Where is all the news coverage ? Where is the mom’s emotions and tears ?
http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/Neighbors-assist-in-search-for-Giovanni-Gonzalez-/1219262813.html
http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/Community-searches-for-missing-boy/1219281865.html
10:03 am on August 21st, 2008
Nope, I live in Ireland. Totally different HC System than UK. And the HCS is slowing going down the toilet!
2:38 pm on August 21st, 2008
No news on this lil’ guy huh? Man- this is killing me.
3:19 pm on August 21st, 2008
Nothing, Speechless. I’m keeping an eye on all the local news sources, and there’s just NO news. And dad is keeping mum. It’s crazy-making. I feel so badly for that poor mom. I am still hoping he’s shipped Giovanni off to relatives in P.R. but based on his temper and history of assaults, etc., I’m worried.
10:34 pm on August 21st, 2008
The prosecutor states that Gonzales doesn’t have the financial or social resources needed to hide his son. He has no gf and not many friends.
3:36 am on August 22nd, 2008
I don’t know about you, but I have a thing about crying in public. I’m against it, and I don’t do it (excepting funerals). Just saying, maybe her only options are to be emotionless and have the chance of being helpful or to breakdown completely and be useless.
Scratch that. Just watched the video, she does seem a bit off.
7:43 am on August 22nd, 2008
Is there any new info on Giovanni? Poor baby, I pray he’s ok….
11:14 am on August 22nd, 2008
I grew up near Lynn- Lynn is where we all went for last call-
The Lynn city motto is-
Lynn, Lynn, the city of sin, you never go out the way you went in.
Or as dh says:
Lynn, Lynn, the city of sin, you ask for water, they give you gin.
I hope they find him soon- The mom is either in shock or knows something.
6:14 pm on August 22nd, 2008
A search warrant returned today indicated a bloody mop was found inside Ernesto Gonzalez’ Brightwood Terrace apartment, according to the Lynn Daily item.
Blood also was found on the cover of a bottle of pine cleaner, according to the warrant.
http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO85785/
11:45 pm on August 22nd, 2008
omg i’m sry that is near funny … using mop and pinesol and forget to clean the cleaning supplies LOL
I am sick of no coverage for all the other people that need it more then casey … sigh
12:21 pm on August 23rd, 2008
There’s a video here:
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/17272434/index.html
Oh, my heart breaks for his poor mama. See, Casey Anthony, you stupid heartless bitch, THAT is how a mother feels when her baby is missing.
9:32 am on August 24th, 2008
There’s your answer as to why she did it. I met a man who was depressed and couldn’t afford his medicine. He shot himself in the head and survived. He told me that now he has all the help and services that he needed before he gave himself brain damage. He observed it was a hell of a price to pay.
10:31 am on August 24th, 2008
Its for fear of things like this that my g/fs call their babies while they are with their dad for visitation…because you NEVER know!
I want to know how not telling the police whats REALLY going on is supposed to make this go away or whatever. Its not like people are going to forget!!! This is so sad.
11:16 am on August 24th, 2008
My guess is hes with Zanieda Gonzoles, the missing child fairy.
11:24 am on August 24th, 2008
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11:45 am on August 24th, 2008
I’m with you here. When it comes to a child, I say the Constitution be damned. (I know going down a slippery slide there). But they cannot protect themselves. We need every available tool we can get.
Man, been praying for this little one to be ok, but it doesn’t look good.
1:01 pm on August 24th, 2008
I think mom knew within one day that Giovanni was dead. She looks like she’s in denial, and knows she’s in denial. She doesn’t want to believe he’s dead, so she will pretend he’s alive until she can’t anymore. But she knows the dad, and knows what he’s capable of. She looks resigned, not shocked. The saddest part is that she didn’t have any choice but to leave Giovanni with his dad.
This case really worries me, in that it might be a sign of more like this to come. I think dad probably just lost it and hit Giovanni and killed him, but didn’t intend to murder him (Casey may well have done the same). But how many parents now are going to start hiding the bodies in an attempt to escape prosecution? The family member left behind will not get any closure as long as they have the slimmest thread to hold onto, to believe that the child they love is still alive.
Are we going to have to create new laws to prosecute cases like this?
1:25 pm on August 24th, 2008
“… See, Casey Anthony, you stupid heartless bitch, THAT is how a mother feels when her baby is missing.
My thoughts exactly.
1:58 pm on August 24th, 2008
Lord I hope and really pray that this angel is o.k. but how things are turning it looks like he is not. I hope the blood the police found is the father’s and not the child’s.
7:34 pm on August 24th, 2008
SO frustrating! It seems like if the mom or the missing child are not considered “eye candy”, they get no media coverage.
From the video showing Ernesto’s residence, it looks as if he lives in a well-populated area. Someone had to have seen something.
I looked up Ernesto’s address on google maps. At first, I thought if he doesn’t have any friends or family in Lynn, that must mean he hasn’t been in the area long, therefore maybe he wasn’t aware of any good body-hiding places.
Unfortunately, I think I’m wrong. It looks like there a number of wooded areas, parks, and bodies of water around Lynn, not to mention how closely situated they are to the ocean.
Anyone heard of any search parties? I would highly recommend taking a close look at Lynn Woods Reservation and that little island SE of Lynn, called Nahunt. You can’t dispose of a body in the middle of a city without someone noticing, so I’m assuming he would’ve sought out a little privacy.
I have no opinion on mom, at this point. People deal with things in their own weird way. One thing she should do though, is stop HOPING Giovanni will come home and get off her ass and start looking.
I hope, beyond all hope, that they find this little guy alive, but it doesn’t look very good. At least bring him home and give him a proper goodbye.
1:00 pm on August 25th, 2008
I know, this sux. He is adorable, and he’s just a little boy, he should be getting as much attention as Caylee is.
We need to start a new network dedicated soley to missing children. That way they will all get the attention they deserve.
I’m praying for you little man…..
1:22 pm on August 25th, 2008
Well, in reality, this case isn’t nearly as curious as the Caylee case. This case appears to be much more straightforward in that the kid hasn’t been missing for very long and his absence was immediately noted, whereas Caylee was missing for a month before anyone seemed to notice (except Casey, of course). Also, Casey’s family is catering to the media a great deal, making a spectacle out of themselves.
That being said, I wish all missing children were able to get the exposure they deserve. But there’s so many of them that it’s not really feasible.
2:05 pm on August 26th, 2008
Cadaver-sniffing dogs used in search
Search for boy, 5, turns to cemetery
Police have brought in cadaver-sniffing dogs as they continue their search for a missing 5-year-old boy.
…district attorney’s office said that the use of dogs to search Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn is not based on any new information, but that officials wanted to cover all bases as they look for the boy…
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/08/26/cadaver_sniffing_dogs_used_in_search/
They also used roadblocks over the weekend to seek witnesses.
I wonder how it will work out – using cadaver dogs in a cemetery???
1:35 pm on August 28th, 2008
has anyone uncovered any further information as to why LE stated he might be in Puerto Rico if he is alive???
11:49 pm on August 28th, 2008
Test results are in, but LE is keeping quiet.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/08/test_results_ba.html
6:18 pm on August 29th, 2008
Curiouser and curiouser…
1. Preliminary test results on the blood in the dad’s apartment are in, but LE isn’t willing to discuss them.
2. Since the results came back, LE has issued a statement that they are still searching for a live boy, as they say they have seen nothing that indicates he’s dead.
3. LE says they do not believe he left/was sent out of the country.
So, I’m assuming that if they had positive results on that blood being Giovanni’s, they’d be more inclined to think he was dead, wouldn’t you?? There’s just SO LITTLE to go on in this case. I am hoping against hope he’s ok, but LE also said the dad had no family or social ties who might look out for the boy or help him to hide him. That doesn’t leave too many options, does it??
6:55 am on August 30th, 2008
I suppose that does give some Hope – nearly 2 wks and not much coverage…. is there a tip line ? another site covering this ? I didn’t think there were that many missing kids that RECENTLY disappeared.
I count my blessings that my Ex never lost my kids… I fear this would be the exact Kind of help I would be getting…. Nadda…………. When there is a soap opera on NG and the election going on (they could spread out their air time more evenly – same ole same old).
Thinking of ….. Rockefeller’s case…. he assaulted a Social Worker and kidnapped his daughter while on a supervised visit… also Mass (east coast) they had this story on day and night here… but not poor Giovanni
where oh where could he be ?
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