A man accused of fatally assaulting his 70-year-old father in the victim’s Mead Valley home and robbing three other people on the same day was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and other offenses.
Juan Manuel Gonzalez, 47, was arrested Sunday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the slaying of Angel Gonzalez.
Along with murder, the defendant is charged with three counts of robbery. No sentence-enhancing allegations were added to the criminal complaint against Gonzalez.
He’s being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Robert Presley Jail and was slated to make his initial court appearance Wednesday afternoon at the Riverside Hall of Justice.
According to sheriff’s Sgt. Alberto Loureiro, the victim was attacked in the predawn hours Sunday in the 20000 block of Clark Street, near Rider Street.
Loureiro did not disclose specifics about the alleged assault, including a possible motive, saying only that the perpetrator was quickly identified as the victim’s son.
When deputies found the senior at the property, he was unconscious and gravely injured. First responders attempted CPR, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later, according to Loureiro.
He said Central Homicide Unit detectives turned their attention to Juan Gonzalez, who was taken into custody without incident on North Perris Boulevard in Perris that afternoon.
Three men were allegedly robbed by the defendant prior to his arrest. They were identified only by their initials — “A.C.,” “M.A.” and “M.V.” The exact circumstances were not provided.
Gonzalez has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.