Rosario Teresa "Chary" Gonzalez (27 September 1963 – February 1984) was a 20-year-old beauty queen, model and Sunday school teacher[1] who was last seen on Sunday, 26 February 1984, at the Miami Grand Prix IMSA sports car race. Gonzalez was temporarily employed there as a spokesmodel distributing samples of aspirin for a pharmaceutical company.[2] Witnesses stated that she left the Grand Prix track between noon and 1:00 p.m. with a Caucasian man in his thirties with a mustache.[2] Serial killer Christopher Wilder was a freelance photographer and race car driver who was competing in the event that weekend.[3] Rosario had previously modeled for Wilder, having met him at a beauty contest.[1][4][5] Police sought Wilder in connection with her disappearance.[6] Her blue 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass was found parked near Dupont Plaza, but Gonzalez was never seen again and her body has never been recovered.[3]
Media
editGonzalez is the subject of the fourth episode of the podcast Catching Evil[7] as a confirmed victim of Christopher Wilder. Her fiancé at the time of her disappearance and college sweetheart Bill Londos was interviewed for the podcast.[7][8] They were due to marry 14 weeks after her disappearance.[7]
References
edit- 1 2 Beauty Was Her Death Sentence | Catching Evil. 2026-02-02. Retrieved 2026-02-03 – via shows.acast.com.
- 1 2 "383DFFL - Rosario Teresa Gonzalez". The Doe Network. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
- 1 2 "Rosario Teresa Gonzales". The Charley Project. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
- ↑ "Missing model posed for rape-kidnapping suspect - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
- ↑ "The Pretty Girl Killer by Andrew Byrne". www.penguin.co.nz. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
- ↑ Jacob V. Lamar Jr. "Trail of Death". TIME. Archived from the original on 2025-06-04. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
- 1 2 3 Beauty Was Her Death Sentence | Catching Evil. 2026-02-02. Retrieved 2026-02-03 – via shows.acast.com.
- ↑ Mardon, Cydonee (February 3, 2026). "Fiance tells of final moments before model was taken by killer". news.com.au. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
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