Posted by
Playful Walrus on Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:02:57 PM
Here's a story by the Orange County Register's Jon Cassidy that I couldn't let slip by.
A man arrested and charged with murdering a prostitute at a Garden Grove hotel is a gang member who has been deported to Mexico three times in the last decade, Garden Grove police said at a press conference this morning.
Cesar Gomez, 34, of El Monte, is scheduled to be arraigned on a murder charge Monday at West Justice Center.
He is accused of strangling Ashley Lilly, 24, of Inglewood, to death at the Crowne Plaza Anaheim Resort on Harbor Boulevard some time late Aug. 20 or early Aug. 21.
I'm no supporter of prostitution (financially or morally), but that someone is a prostitute does not make her any less of a human being, and does not justify her murder. Of course, she made the chances of a crime like this against her more likely when she chose to engage in her own criminal activity.
Lilly had been severely beaten in the face and choked by hand, and her room had been ransacked, police said. She had not been sexually assaulted, police said.
What a waste of human potential this murderer is.
After getting some of his rap sheet, we get this quote:
"We arrest these criminals, the DA does a good job prosecuting them, but beyond that our system is overwhelmed and broken," Polisar said. "Our borders are like revolving doors for these criminals. It's like sweeping back the ocean with a whisk broom."
We should bill Mexico for every dime we spend on this guy. Si se puede.