![]() ![]() Yes, he insists Gonzales did exactly what the FBI trained him to do. “My first thoughts were, my goodness, this is the worst thing that I’ve ever could encounter for a friend and their family,’” he said. And you could tell,” Jen Merel replied.ĭoug Merel says the shooting was tragic for everyone involved. “And was that apparent to you from the first time you met her?” Spencer asked. The Merels both had reservations about her. Meanwhile, Julie had taken a job as a teller at a local bank. “I saw he had the same motivation, dedication, compassion, and abilities that I had.And Art was one of the good ones.” His supervisor, Doug Merel, became a close friend - as did Doug’s wife, Jen. The couple had two boys, and then in 2010, they moved to Stafford, Virginia, after Art received a promotion to teach ethics at the FBI Academy. almost a son.”Īrt Gonzales next became an FBI agent in Texas before rising to supervisor in the Las Cruces, New Mexico, field office in 2005. “He became one of the family,” Rey Serna told Spencer. She went to college in northern New Mexico and, in 1995, married her college sweetheart, Art Gonzales, who later joined the FBI as a field agent in California. Julie was in her high school’s homecoming court. Julie and Art Gonzales on their wedding day She could do anything,” Julie’s proud father said. The Sernas remember the little girl who grew up in Soccoro, New Mexico, who got along with everyone - always active and confident. “Julie was a gentle lady that wouldn’t even hurt - a fly,” he continued. “She picked up a knife, and lunged for him, came at him?” Spencer asked. Her parents, Rey and Maryetta Serna, were both heartbroken and bewildered. With four bullets pumped into her chest from Art’s FBI-issued gun, Julie never had a chance. When I told him that Julie Gonzales was dead,” the detective continued. “Estranged wife in the home, knife in the wife’s hands. “It’s a perfectly plausible explanation,” Spencer noted. that makes you say, ‘Wait a minute?’” Spencer asked Det. That’s really the extent of what happened. “And then he said he just reacted,” said Det. Paramedics found Julie Gonzales on the floor with this knife in her handĪrt Gonzales to Det. “That’s a mean looking knife,” Spencer commented to the detective, as he held the knife. And then she launches - a knife attack,” said Det. “He basically says that, ‘I don’t love you anymore,’ as they’re standing in the kitchen. ![]() Nosal: I said we need to talk about what’s going on with the divorce since you’re here. She had willingly given him custody of the kids for now, but the couple was still in contentious negotiations and things were moving very slowly.Īrt Gonzales to Det. Julie said she’d come to pick up some clothes - she’d moved out six months earlier, after Art filed for divorce. Nosal: So I got there, I was completely surprised that she was there. To his shock, Julie was there:Īrt Gonzales to Det. Gonzales said he’d taken the day off, had lunch with a friend, and gone home. FBI agent questioned about fatal shooting 01:44
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