December 14, 2013

College Professor Charged With Homicide Of Man Accused of Raping His Girfriend



[From article]
Prosecutors are calling the murder of Gonzalo Ramirez a 'revenge killing.'
They allege that on 15 April, 1995, a 20-year-old Esparza was at a bar with a group of friends, including former boyfriend Gianni Van, when she pointed out Ramirez, claiming he had raped her in her dorm room at Pomona College a few months earlier.
According to the prosecution, Esparza, Van, Kody Tran, Diane Tran and Shannon Gries followed Ramirez when he left the bar in the early hours of the following morning.
They intentionally rear-ended his vehicle, say prosecutors, forcing him to get out of the car to inspect the damage.
He was then kidnapped. His body was found on the side of Sand Canyon Road in Santa Ana hours later.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511834/Professor-Norma-Patricia-Esparza-charged-alleged-rapists-killing-taken-custody.html

Professor charged over 1995 murder of the man who raped her at college after her ex-boyfriend 'stabbed him to death in revenge attack'
Norma Patricia Esparza, 39, has been taken into custody for the murder of Gonzalo Ramirez in 1995
She was offered a plea deal but rejected it, saying it would be 'a lie'
She says Ramirez raped her
Esparza's then ex-boyfriend Gianni Van and others murdered Ramirez in revenge
Ramirez was found on the side of an Orange County road hacked to death with a meat cleaver
Esparza says she was later pressured to marry Van so that she would not have to testify against him
Police reopened the case after the pair divorced and arrested Esparza when she returned to the U.S. for a conference
Esparza is a psychology professor in Geneva, Switzerland
By ALEX GREIG
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 09:15 EST, 22 November 2013 | UPDATED: 13:02 EST, 22 November 2013

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