The Doe Network:
Case File 383DFFL

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Gonzales, circa 1983

Rosario Gonzales
Missing since February 26, 1984 from Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Classification: Endangered Missing


Vital Statistics

  • Age at Time of Disappearance: 20 years old
  • Distinguishing Characteristics: Hispanic female. Dark eyes; long, brown/ auburn hair.
  • Other: She was born in Cuba.
  • Clothing: She wore red shorts and a white T-shirt with Mejoral printed on the front, had on her diamond engagement ring, and carried a gray purse.
  • AKA: Chary

  • Circumstances of Disappearance
    Rosario Gonzales disappeared on February 26, 1984. She'd been working at a temporary job distributing aspirin samples at the Miami Grand Prix racetrack, where witnesses said took a break and had left around noon with an older man she was last seen shortly after 1 p.m. Gonzalez's 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass was left parked near the Dupont Plaza, her paycheck was left unclaimed.
    Christopher Wilder became a suspect in Gonzales's disappearance in March 1984. He has been linked to at least a dozen disappearances and murders of women in the early to mid-1980s. Wilder, who also was at the race, was seen less than four hours later driving north on I-95.


    Investigators
    If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
    Miami Police Department
    305-579-6530

    All information may be submitted on an anonymous basis.

    Source Information:
    The Crime Library


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