Gwinnett Daily Post — October 25, 2015

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GREAT DAYS OF SERVICE Florist delivers flowers to seniors. • Page 2A

PARANORMAL TEAM, 1C

Couple investigates hauntings, ghosts, the unexplainable

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Oscar Hernandez 1991

Javier Licea 1992

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Armando Puebla 1993

Hector Garay 1996

Juan Gomez 1996

Jose Madrid 1998

Daniel Min Suh 1999

Florentino Estrada 2008

Alejandro Benitez 2000

Antanacio Jaimes 2004

Herminio Reyes 2004

Hector Acosta 2005

Guadalupe Cisneros 2006

Antonio Infante 2007

Amber Chambers 2009

Nassim Gomez-Frometa 2009

Rolando Kay 2009

Tamaira Smith 2009

Dongsoo Park 2011

Juan Valencia -Doroteo 2011

Cory Marzette 2014

Pictured above are Gwinnett County’s wanted murder suspects, whose cases date back to 1991. Years listed indicate when the homicide took place. Photos of five of the fugitives could not be obtained from law enforcement. (Special Photos)

WHEREABOUTS UNKOWN CHARGED WITH MURDER:

These 21 suspects are fugitives accused in Gwinnett homicides By Joshua Sharpe Dominick Crea, a Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office investigator, awoke in bed one Sunday morning to the telephone. The voice on the other end gave news on the whereabouts of a man wanted on multiple murder charges. Crea had been searching for the suspect for years. The prevailing theory was that he was hiding out in God Knows Where, Mexico. Now, the caller told exactly where the accused killer was — all Crea had to do was go get him.

INSIDE A detailed description of each of the homicide cases

His mind raced. Was it a joke? He hung up the phone and laid back in bed. He couldn’t go back to sleep. —— There was a great blast at Ivan Gonzalez’s home on sleepy Spring Mill Drive near Lilburn on Feb. 17, 2011.

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Sparked from acetone used in a meth lab, it came with a stunning boom, black smoke and fast flames. The fire crept up the staircase from the kitchen area, where, authorities allege, the broad-faced young Mexican with Jesus Christ tattooed on his calf, had been processing the drug. In an upstairs bedroom, three children were trapped. The kids were ages 4, 3 and 18 months — buoyant, smiling creatures, who liked to pose with silly faces for their mother’s camera, with cake icing on their nose or bows in

their hair. Soon, the mother, Gonzalez’s 22-year-old girlfriend, was outside screaming for help. Neighbors climbed through the window in desperation. The flames lapped against the children’s skin. Smoke filled their lungs. And Gonzalez, the man authorities would hold responsible after the doctor pronounced them dead, was gone. —— Dozens of people are charged with murder every year in Gwinnett County. The

majority of them are arrested in a few hours, days, or, in rarer cases, weeks or months. Another group has a different experience — they vanish. If police theories are correct, these people sent bullets through the skulls of their enemies, jammed knives in the chests of their lovers; they dropped blood near Norcross, Lawrenceville, Duluth, Snellville, Peachtree Corners, Lilburn, and they ran from the consequences, to points all over the world. See FUGITIVES, Page 8A

Twilight romance

90-year-old groom and 86-year-old bride find love By Katie Morris

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It’s never too late to find a second love, but sometimes soul mates need a helping hand. Especially when they live over 2,000 miles apart, which was the case for 90-year-old Austin Lent and

86-year-old Gloria Brant. “I really do think it’s a miracle,” Brant said. “I am a Christian and I do believe God orchestrates our lives.” In January, Lent was living in Loganville while Brant resided in Riverside, Cal. — they found each other through the dating website

eHarmony. When they set up their accounts, Lent and Brant were both widowers who had been married to their spouses for around 60 years. Lent said marriage was on his

See ROMANCE, Page 10A

After meeting earlier this year through the dating website eHarmony, 90-year-old Austin Lent and 86-yearold Gloria Brant were married on Saturday. (Special Photo)

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Community.....1C

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