Massachusetts Parole Board releasing Valentine’s Day killer convicted of murdering mom of 4

A person who was convicted of killing his girlfriend — a mom of 4 — after they celebrated Valentine’s Day at a neighborhood bar is about to be launched from jail.

The Massachusetts Parole Board has granted parole to Mario Gonzalez, who has served 16 years of a life sentence for the homicide of Luz Forty in Boston. Gonzalez, a local of Guatemala, might be deported following his launch.

In 2010, he was convicted of first-degree homicide for stabbing Forty to dying. He was sentenced to life in jail with out the potential of parole. Then following an enchantment, Gonzalez’s conviction was diminished to second-degree homicide, which gave him the potential of parole.

The Herald requested an ICE spokesperson in the event that they plan to deport Gonzalez.

“For the safety of our officers, ICE does not comment on ongoing operations,” an ICE spokesperson mentioned in a press release.

Again in 2009 on Valentine’s Day, Gonzalez who was 29 on the time, Forty who was 38 and her mom celebrated Valentine’s Day collectively at a neighborhood bar. They obtained right into a cab on the finish of the night time, and Forty’s mom was dropped off earlier than the couple went to Gonzalez’s Boston house.

Then at 3:15 a.m., Gonzalez known as 911 and reported that an unknown individual had entered his house, and stabbed Forty. When police and EMTs arrived minutes later, they discovered Forty mendacity on a mattress, bleeding closely from six stab wounds to her shoulders and chest.

Whereas she was being rushed to the hospital with life-threatening accidents, Forty advised first responders that Gonzalez had attacked her. She later died from her accidents.

When requested about an harm to his face, Gonzalez claimed it was a results of a battle that he had been in three days earlier.

Gonzalez was finally taken to the police station and positioned in a holding cell. From contained in the cell, Gonzalez advised an officer that he “was the one that got hit with a beer bottle in the face.”

The officer then requested Gonzalez what actually occurred, and Gonzalez mentioned he obtained in a battle with Forty about his consuming. The argument then escalated, and Forty hit him within the face with a beer bottle, pulled out a folding knife, after which charged at him.

Gonzalez claimed that he twisted the knife away from Forty, after which stabbed her within the again a number of instances.

Final 12 months, he was denied parole.

“Following his 2024 hearing, the Board recommended that Mr. Gonzalez participate in additional rehabilitative programming, including Domestic Violence programming,” the parole board wrote. “He has accomplished the Board’s suggestions by taking part in seven packages, together with one for Home Violence. Не has had a really constructive institutional adjustment with just one disciplinary report.

“Mr. Gonzalez is also a low risk for recidivism based on his LS/CMI assessment,” the board added. “He has remained sober throughout his incarceration and identified resources for ongoing progress in this area. Mr. Gonzalez has demonstrated employment skills and supports in both the United States and Guatemala. The Board considered testimony from Ms. Forty’s sister and Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Erin Knight. The Board concludes that Mario Gonzalez has demonstrated a level of rehabilitation that would make his release compatible with the welfare of society.”