pressofatlanticcity.com
TOMS RIVER, New Jersey -- Richard Toledo pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping this morning before Superior Court Judge Barbara A. Villano in the claw-hammer murders of two Stafford boys in 2006.
Toledo is facing a maximum sentence of 30 years to life in prison for the murder of Karlo Gonzalez, 14 and life without any parole for killing Karlo's brother Zabdiel Gonzalez, 7-years-old.
Toledo also is facing a maximum of 30 years in prison for the kidnapping of the boys' mother Wanda Gonzalez.
Toledo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, rented a room in the family's home in the Ocean Acres section of Stafford Township. Authorities say that after beating and strangling the boys, Toledo abducted their mother Wanda Gonzalez at knifepoint and forced her to withdraw $500 from a local ATM.
Posted by tyne at February 11, 2008