An illegal Mexican immigrant who caused a fatal car crash has been captured
Ashley Fuller:
A southwest Cherokee County couple's long wait for the capture of the man who caused the car accident that killed their teenage son has ended.
Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez, 37, is in the custody of the Birmingham Police Department and the extradition process to bring him from Alabama back to Georgia is under way, according to Lt. Henry Irby of the Birmingham Police Department.
On June 16, 2000, a car driven by Harrell-Gonzalez struck a Pontiac carrying Billy and Kathy Inman and their 16-year-old son, Dustin, at a red light in Gilmer County.
Dustin was killed in the accident. Both Billy and Kathy were knocked unconscious as a result of the impact. Kathy was left wheelchair-bound.
Harrell-Gonzalez, who allegedly admitted to police he fell asleep behind the wheel, was taken to an Ellijay hospital then transferred to a hospital in Dalton. He disappeared after being mistakenly released from the hospital and police thought he had fled to Mexico or his father's home in Birmingham.
The Inmans were thrilled with the news that he is in police custody.
"We were excited. It was past time that something had happened," Mrs. Inman said Wednesday.
According to Lt. Mike Gobble of the Gilmer County Sheriff's Office, Harrell-Gonzalez was first arrested in September in Birmingham. He was later released after he showed a magistrate judge evidence alleging he was not Harrell-Gonzalez, but his brother. Gobble said he obtained X-rays from the North Georgia Medical Center where Harrell-Gonzalez was treated and asked the Birmingham police to arrest the same man again.
He was arrested again in October and on Tuesday the medical records proved he was Harrell-Gonzalez.
Gobble said Harrell-Gonzalez would be returned to Gilmer County in 30 to 45 days. He already has been indicted for vehicular homicide, two counts of serious injury by vehicle and reckless driving.
"This will be a good Christmas for the Inmans," Gobble said.
The past five years of the Inmans' life have been dedicated solely to finding Harrell-Gonzalez. Inman posted a picture of him on his truck in case someone recognized him and had any information. He lobbied for media coverage of the case, which was featured on programs including "America's Most Wanted."
Earlier this year, the Inmans joined the board of the newly formed Dustin Inman Society, which was created to educate the public about the consequences of illegal immigration. Harrell-Gonzalez is an illegal immigrant.
"I just wish something could be done so that this will not happen to another family," Inman said.
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posted by Adam Lawson @ 1:49 PM
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The problem is that Big Business likes illegal immigration because it is a great source of low wage labor. Without it, businesses would have to start paying their workers decent wages. As long as the GOP is dependent on Corporate America for their funding it is unlikely that the Republicans will do anything about the situation.
Speaking of walls, the great Israeli military historian Martin Van Creveld is a big fan of them. If the Israelis can have one why can't we?
http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/stories/s511530.htm
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But history proves that walls work. The Roman wall – the Limus(?) – worked for hundreds of years... the Great Chinese Wall worked, not forever, but for hundreds of years... the wall in Korea has been working for fity years... the wall between Turks and Greeks in Cyprus is working.... the Berlin Wall worked beautifully.... Unfortunately, the Israeli army insists against all military logic on being present on both sides of the wall. We could formally finish the problem at least in Gaza, in 48 hours, by getting out and building a proper wall. And then of course, if anybody tries to climb over the wall we kill him.
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If the Israelis can have one why can't we?
Unfortunately, the American media judges Israel and the United States by different standards. This is why when the Israelis build a wall it is called "defense" but when people in the United States want to do the same thing it is called "racism".
I guess Adam doesnt mind paying lower prices for goods and services. As soon as the undocumented laborers get pulled out, Adam will be the first one to cry when prices go up, because of the "decent" wages being paid to the workers. Greed reigns in America, like it or not.
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