ABC 7
July 31, 2015
Santa Cruz County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosell announced that Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, 15, will be tried as an adult in the murder of 8-year-old Madyson “Maddy” Middleton. The murder charges includes special circumstances of sexual assault, kidnapping and lying in wait.
At a news conference outside the Santa Cruz County Courthouse on Wednesday morning, Rosell said that Gonzalez faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. “We have charged this individual as an adult with the crimes for which he is responsible. We’re going to bring him to justice and there is no plea deal on the table for anything,” said Rosell.
Court documents obtained by ABC7 News frame a chilling crime. They say Maddy was tied up or bound during the attack.