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$1 million dollar bond for Mission murder suspect caught in Arizona
Posted: 06.08.2012 at 12:57 PM
Updated: 06.08.2012 at 5:20 PM
Katie Lopez

Katie Lopez is a reporter for Action 4 News.

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$1 million dollar bond for suspect Joel Gonzalez
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A judge issued a $1 million dollar bond for a man who fled to Arizona following the the dragging death of a Mission teenager.

Murder suspect Joel Gonzalez is the third person accused in the May dragging death of 18-year-old Daniel Coronado.

Gonzalez appeared before a Mission municipal judge on Friday morning where he was issued a $1 million dollar bond.

Mission police had arrested Ricardo Zamora and Aaron Hinojosa the crime.

A motive is still not clear but investigators said Coronado was lured away from his West 25th Street home.

The suspects grabbed Coronado and dragged him from a car late Monday night.

Coronado spent several days on life support but died after being removed from life support.

Both Zamora and Hinojosa remain in custody under $2 million dollar bonds.

Gonzalez had fled the Rio Grande Valley to Arizona but was located by authorities in the Phoenix area.

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