Background
His mother had previously written a letter to her Member of Parliament criticising the fact that a serious incident had to occur before he could receive mental help.
His mother had previously written a letter to her Member of Parliament criticising the fact that a serious incident had to occur before he could receive mental help.
Gonzalez was inspired by horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th to become a "famous serial killer". He went on a drug-fuelled stabbing spree, attacking the elderly and infirm, writing about his experiences in letters to himself as Zippy, his past nickname. His letters said how much he enjoyed the murders "..one of the best things I"ve done in my life", and how similar he was to Freddy Krueger.
He was fought off and fled to Hove where he stabbed 76-year-old Marie Harding while wearing a hockey mask.
After this, he returned to his home in Woking. He concluded that the reason for his failure to kill King was because his knife was too small.
He travelled to Tottenham. At 5:30 Department of Administration and Management he left 46-year-old Kevin Molloy for dead after stabbing him in the face, neck and torso with a pair of large knives he had stolen from a department store.
At 7:00 Department of Administration and Management he made a forced entry into the Hornsey house of Koumis Constantino, but was fought off after stabbing his arm.
By 8:00 Department of Administration and Management he was in Highgate, where he randomly tried to gain access to houses. He succeeded in murdering an elderly couple, Derek and Jean Robinson, an experience he claimed was "orgasmic". He was arrested at a tube station after a decorator saw him naked and covered in blood in the Robinsons" house.
Gonzalez tried to claim that he was not guilty by reason of insanity, although this was rejected.
He was given six life sentences and the trial judge recommended that he should never be released. lieutenant was revealed that he was a habitual drug user who had run naked down a street while drunk a week before he was arrested.
Gonzalez immediately attempted to kill himself by biting through an artery in his arm. ‘I have never seen anyone bite himself with that ferocity,’ said the inspecting doctor.
He survived but committed suicide in his cell in Broadmoor Hospital, Berkshire, on 9 August 2007 by slicing his wrists with the edges of a broken Civil Defense case.
Quotations: I have never seen anyone bite himself with that ferocity,’.