07.20.11 - 05:22 am
GALLIPOLIS FERRY, W.Va. — As of Tuesday, the West Virginia State Police Department has officially taken over the investigation of a recent murder that took place in Mason County, W.Va., according to Corporal B.L. Keefer.
Rene A. Gonzalez, 43, was found on the porch of his Huntington Road residence near Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va. in the early hours of Monday, July 11, where he had died of apparent multiple gun shot wounds. No arrests have been made in the crime, although officials are following available leads.
A candlelight vigil was held at the Krodel Park Pavilion on Sunday, July 17, in honor of Gonzalez and another memorial gathering will be held Saturday, July 23, from 6-9 p.m. at the Down Under, in Gallipolis. According to friends of the deceased, donations will be accepted to help pay to send Gonzalez home.
Gonzalez is originally from Trinidad and came to the region in the late 1990s on a soccer scholarship to the University of Rio Grande, located in Gallia County, Ohio.
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