October 30, 2021 - Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Sex Crimes Unit have arrested 36-year-old Guadalupe Gonzalez of San Joaquin. He has been booked into the Fresno County Jail on charges of forceable rape, oral copulation, and sodomy. He is not eligible for bail at this time.
On the morning of October 26th, a local hospital made a report to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office that they were in contact with a woman who said a man had raped her. Deputies contacted the victim and collected information about the attack. The victim explained that she had met this man, later identified as Guadalupe Gonzalez, online with the intention of going on a date. However, this “date” would quickly escalate and turn violent.
The woman met Gonzalez at apartment in the city of San Joaquin. During their time together, Gonzalez took the woman’s cell phone from her, held a handgun to her, then forcibly raped her. Gonzalez later ordered her into his vehicle and he drove her to a rural area of Fresno County. Once parked, he forcibly raped the woman again. Afterwards, Gonzalez threw the woman’s phone into an orchard and ordered her out of his tan colored, two-door Chevy Tahoe. Once Gonzalez drove away, the victim called a friend to get a ride home. She later decided to go to the hospital.
Once the hospital contacted the Sheriff’s Office, detectives with the Sex Crimes Unit got involved in the case. Working with patrol deputies who had spoken with the victim, detectives gathered valuable evidence to help identify the suspect. This information would lead detectives to locating a tan, two-door Chevy Tahoe and eventually Guadalupe Gonzalez. Detectives arrested Gonzalez, interviewed him and booked him into jail.
As detectives familiarized themselves with Gonzalez, they recognized he could be the same person responsible for two other unsolved rape cases that occurred in 2017 and 2019. Through their research, detectives confirmed Gonzalez did in fact commit those rapes and are concerned he could be responsible for other rapes that were never reported. Detectives are now asking the public to notify them if they were ever contacted by or assaulted by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is described as 5’7”, 225 lbs. He has tattoos on his arm and hand.
If you or someone you know has information about Guadalupe Gonzalez, please contact Detective Jose Leon at (559) 600-8205 or Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867, www.valleycrimestoppers.org You will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward.
Source: Fresno County Sheriff's Office
