Daniel Gonzalez

Daniel Julian Gonzalez - who was born on June 21st, 1980 - was an English spree killer, who murdered four people, and injured two others, during a two-day period across London and Sussex, in September of 2004.  The son of a Spanish father and an English mother, he was born in Frimley, Surrey, England, attending Gordon's School, a privately-run school near Woking, Surrey. Gonzalez passed eight GCSEs at school, becoming a talented actor and a chess champion, but was also described as a, "...dark and troubled boy...".  From the age of 17, Gonzalez received treatment for his psychological problems, but his mother was not happy with the care he received, writing a letter to her local M.P. saying, "...does my son have to commit murder to get help?"  By age 24, Gonzalez was unemployed, friendless, and using drugs, spending most of his time playing violent video games and watching horror films. On September 15th, 2004, he attacked 61-year-old Peter King in Portsmouth with a knife, but King fought him off. Gonzalez fled to Hove in Sussex, where, the same day, he stabbed to death 76-year-old Marie Harding whilst wearing an ice-hockey mask; the mask was later found to have his DNA on it, and was used to convict him.  On September 17th, Gonzalez travelled to Tottenham in the early morning, where he stabbed 46-year-old Kevin Molloy to death, before breaking into the house of Koumis Constantino, but was fought off before he could stab him.  He then went to Highgate, where he broke into the house of an elderly couple, Derek and Jean Robinson, murdering them - an experience he described as "orgasmic". Gonzalez was arrested after he was seen running naked from the Robinsons' house, covered in blood, and was sent for trial at Broadmoor Hospital.  Whilst awaiting trial there, he tried to kill himself by biting through an artery in his arm.  At the trial, Gonzalez pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but this was rejected, and he was given six life sentences, with a recommendation that he never be released.  On August 9th, 2007, Gonzalez committed suicide in his cell at Broadmoor Hospital, by cutting himself with the sharp edge of a broken CD case.  He was 27 years old.