COBB COUNTY, Ga. — After almost four years, three people have been arrested in connection to the death of a missing 42-year-old woman from Powder Springs. Arrest warrants revealed new details about the woman's death.
Matilde Gonzalez has been missing since October 11, 2019, marking three years and 11 months without answers, but on Friday, police said they hit a breakthrough.
Samantha Vasquez, who is 20 years old and from Powder Springs, and 41-year-old Alejandra Castro were charged with malice murder on Friday. Castro was also charged with concealing a death and cruelty to children along with a third person who is 45 years old.
Warrants for those accused in Gonzalez's death said that she was killed during an altercation at a Cobb County residence on Sharon Drive. The court documents also stated that two of the accused lied to Gonzalez's child, who thought their mother was still alive. The warrants did not reveal how Gonzalez died.
Police have not provided any other details on the case and said despite the developments, authorities have still not found Gonzalez's body. The family was notified of the three arrests.
The Paulding County Sheriff's Office said they were called to the 200 block of Indian Trail Dr. on October 12, 2019, regarding Gonzalez's disappearance. They were told that no one had heard from her in over 24 hours. Deputies said they called the Paulding County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division for help.
Through their investigation, Paulding County's investigation division said that much of the information they got had discrepancies, so they then called the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The GBI worked with the sheriff's office, and they searched for Gonzalez in three metro county areas.
