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Billings Murder Getaway Driver Gonzalez, Sr. Denied Early Release
March 26, 2015
Early release from prison has been denied Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Sr., who was convicted in the murders of Byrd and Melanie Billings and then sentenced to 17½ years. He will be required to serve the remainder of his sentence.
According to the Florida Department of Corrections, Gonzalez, Sr. has a terminal illness and has less than one year to live. He is now in a wheelchair and needs assistance to complete ordinary daily activities.
The State Attorney’s Office opposed the request.
In total, eight people were convicted for planning and participating in the Beulah murders, including Gonzalez, Sr.’s son Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. An Escambia County Jury convicted Gonzalez, Jr. to two counts of first degree murder and one count of home invasion robbery with a firearm. Gonzalez, Jr. received two death penalties and a life sentence and remains on Florida’s death row.
The special needs children that were at home during the July 9, 2009, murder of their adoptive parents have been adopted by the Billings’ older daughter Ashley Markham.
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19 Responses to “Billings Murder Getaway Driver Gonzalez, Sr. Denied Early Release”
Hope the daugher and children are doing well. You are never forgotten. Peace be with all of you and God Bless!
They should release the air from his lungs by giving him some lead poison.(BULLET)!!!!
The audacity of this man. People never cease to amaze me.
Gonzalez Jr. should get the firing squad (hooray for Utah) followed by Coldiron. EVERY murder committed with a gun should be punished with death by firing squad. Let Gonzalez Sr. die in his cell. I feel sad for Gonzalez Jr’s children and those he taught self-defense, but it’s a lesson that if you do a crime this horrible, you should be punished just as bad as your victims.
Be good if they can set his sons date to die on the same day his father die.Be rid of both those pure evil people.
You can die exactly where you are at, prison.
God is good, All the time!
Interesting his facial expression has no feeling in it.
Karma’s a bitch ain’t it?
I have NO compassion for this man. Just because he’s dying isn’t an excuse to get an “out of prison” card. What he did to that family…. he is right where he should be.
He had no compassion when he did what he did – he doesn’t deserve any special treatment (early release). He deserves to be where he is – he will get what help he NEEDS @ our expense!
So he wants others to show him the compassion he never gave the Billing’s? Enjoy your last breathes in prison sir!!
Some call it karma…some call it beware your sins will find you out…I call it justice…
Wah! Wah! Wah! Let him die in Prison!
He and sonnyboy and all involved in this brutal event can burn in hell
WTH makes Gonzalez special—his victims were made terminal by him and all his inbred trash that do this in our community
Pathetic trash…all of them
Todays Good News.If you do the crime serve full time.
They have hospitals in the prison system . . . .
Hospice ‘n’ Chains
ENJOY!
Leonard Jr. will be joining you shortly.
I hope he has a slow drawn out painful death.
Good.