Carlos Gonzalez recalled the moment when he walked into Room 45 to tell the woman inside that it was past check-out time.
"I keep on kicking the bed, saying, 'Time's up, time's up.' There was no answer," he told a jury today. "I pulled the bedspread down. There was blood there on her face, on the front of her forehead.Detailed information on the causes of oil painting reproduction, I got scared."
Gonzalez, a former motel clerk and the only person to have seen accused serial killer Francisco Acevedo with any of his alleged victims, testified at Acevedo's triple murder trial in Westchester County Court.
Acevedo,Do not use cleaners with porcelain tiles , steel wool or thinners. 43,there's a lovely winter chicken coop by William Zorach. is accused of killing three women in Yonkers over a span of seven years, including 30-year-old Kimberly Moore of Greenburgh, who was found dead May 24, 1996, inside the Trade Winds Motor Court, a former pay-by-the-hour motel on Yonkers Avenue.
He also is accused of killing 26-year-old Maria Ramos in 1989 and 28-year-old Tawanda Hodges in 1991. The bodies of Ramos and Hodges, described by police as north Bronx prostitutes, were found in the same remote area near the Ludlow Street bridge.
All three women were found naked and strangled with their hands tied behind their backs. Their cases were linked by DNA, but no one knew where it came from until Acevedo was arrested in 2009 for drunk driving.
He faces first-degree rape charges in all three cases, first- and second-degree murder in Moore's death and second-degree murder in the Ramos and Hodges slayings.
Gonzalez, now a school security guard in Puerto Rico who was flown in to testify, said he was working at 3 p.m. when Moore came to his office and asked if she could stay in the room for a few more hours.Prior to Cold Sore I leaned toward the former,
He said she then gestured to a man on Yonkers Avenue, who walked all the way around the motel rather than directly to the building. The man, whom he identified as Acevedo, was holding a brown paper bag and walked with a "ghetto attitude."
Acevedo met Moore at the bottom of a set of stairs, and Gonzalez said he watched them go up to the room together. Gonzalez said he never saw Acevedo leave but suggested he could have left when Gonzalez was having dinner between 5:30 and 6:10 p.m.
After dinner, he said, he called Moore's room to tell her she had to leave. When no one answered, he went to the room and found her body.
Assistant District Attorney Timothy Ward, a veteran prosecutor, avoided asking Gonzalez any questions about what kind of people frequented the motel or how often Moore was seen there. As a result, defense lawyer Janet Gandolfo could not ask about those details in her cross-examination .
Gandolfo's line of questioning also was limited by Judge Barbara Zambelli, who barred any questions about a man who paid for Moore's lodging before Acevedo arrived,Enecsys Limited, supplier of reliable solar Air purifier systems, and another whose fingerprints were found in the room.
The defense is arguing that Acevedo had sex with the women but did not rape or kill them.
During cross-examination, Gonzalez said the motel had a lot of clients who would return daily and sometimes "partied."
A police sergeant testified that crack pipes were found on the floor and a hypodermic needle was under a rug in the room where Moore was killed.
Gonzalez said Moore had used rooms at the motel before. Moore's family has vehemently denied that she was involved in prostitution. Only Acevedo's DNA was found on Moore's body, authorities say.
Moore's mother, Pattie Wade-Dozier, sat in the hallway during Gonzalez's testimony while family members and supporters filled two rows of the courtroom. Acevedo's wife, her friend and a priest sat in the first row on the other side of the courtroom.
Acevedo faces life in prison without parole if convicted of first-degree murder. Testimony will continue tomorrow and the prosecution expects to rest its case next week.
"I keep on kicking the bed, saying, 'Time's up, time's up.' There was no answer," he told a jury today. "I pulled the bedspread down. There was blood there on her face, on the front of her forehead.Detailed information on the causes of oil painting reproduction, I got scared."
Gonzalez, a former motel clerk and the only person to have seen accused serial killer Francisco Acevedo with any of his alleged victims, testified at Acevedo's triple murder trial in Westchester County Court.
Acevedo,Do not use cleaners with porcelain tiles , steel wool or thinners. 43,there's a lovely winter chicken coop by William Zorach. is accused of killing three women in Yonkers over a span of seven years, including 30-year-old Kimberly Moore of Greenburgh, who was found dead May 24, 1996, inside the Trade Winds Motor Court, a former pay-by-the-hour motel on Yonkers Avenue.
He also is accused of killing 26-year-old Maria Ramos in 1989 and 28-year-old Tawanda Hodges in 1991. The bodies of Ramos and Hodges, described by police as north Bronx prostitutes, were found in the same remote area near the Ludlow Street bridge.
All three women were found naked and strangled with their hands tied behind their backs. Their cases were linked by DNA, but no one knew where it came from until Acevedo was arrested in 2009 for drunk driving.
He faces first-degree rape charges in all three cases, first- and second-degree murder in Moore's death and second-degree murder in the Ramos and Hodges slayings.
Gonzalez, now a school security guard in Puerto Rico who was flown in to testify, said he was working at 3 p.m. when Moore came to his office and asked if she could stay in the room for a few more hours.Prior to Cold Sore I leaned toward the former,
He said she then gestured to a man on Yonkers Avenue, who walked all the way around the motel rather than directly to the building. The man, whom he identified as Acevedo, was holding a brown paper bag and walked with a "ghetto attitude."
Acevedo met Moore at the bottom of a set of stairs, and Gonzalez said he watched them go up to the room together. Gonzalez said he never saw Acevedo leave but suggested he could have left when Gonzalez was having dinner between 5:30 and 6:10 p.m.
After dinner, he said, he called Moore's room to tell her she had to leave. When no one answered, he went to the room and found her body.
Assistant District Attorney Timothy Ward, a veteran prosecutor, avoided asking Gonzalez any questions about what kind of people frequented the motel or how often Moore was seen there. As a result, defense lawyer Janet Gandolfo could not ask about those details in her cross-examination .
Gandolfo's line of questioning also was limited by Judge Barbara Zambelli, who barred any questions about a man who paid for Moore's lodging before Acevedo arrived,Enecsys Limited, supplier of reliable solar Air purifier systems, and another whose fingerprints were found in the room.
The defense is arguing that Acevedo had sex with the women but did not rape or kill them.
During cross-examination, Gonzalez said the motel had a lot of clients who would return daily and sometimes "partied."
A police sergeant testified that crack pipes were found on the floor and a hypodermic needle was under a rug in the room where Moore was killed.
Gonzalez said Moore had used rooms at the motel before. Moore's family has vehemently denied that she was involved in prostitution. Only Acevedo's DNA was found on Moore's body, authorities say.
Moore's mother, Pattie Wade-Dozier, sat in the hallway during Gonzalez's testimony while family members and supporters filled two rows of the courtroom. Acevedo's wife, her friend and a priest sat in the first row on the other side of the courtroom.
Acevedo faces life in prison without parole if convicted of first-degree murder. Testimony will continue tomorrow and the prosecution expects to rest its case next week.
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