A California man has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly stabbing gay designer Eduardo Sol on an ABC reality show. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Sol, 58, died last week at Desert Regional Medical Center, 10 days after he was assaulted at his home in Palm Springs, California.
Palm Springs police said officers responded to a call for help from a man at 5:41 a.m. on Sept. 10, but could not provide specific details.
“When officers arrived at the scene, they heard a man inside the residence who was clearly in distress,” police said in a statement. Post to Facebook. “After entering the scene, officers found a man with serious injuries from an assault. The victim reported to officers that he had been stabbed, but did not identify the assailant.”
Sol was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed in critical condition, but was considered stable at the time.
Less than four hours later, at 9:13 a.m., the Palm Springs Police Department received a call from a man who said he had been assaulted the night before.
Officers responded and identified the caller as Richard Joseph Gonzalez, 34, of Cathedral City, California. Upon further investigation, officers realized that Gonzalez was involved in a previous stabbing.
Police arrested Gonzalez and charged him with attempted murder. However, when Sol died in hospital on September 20, the charge was upgraded to murder.
the police said people The magazine reported that Sol and Gonzalez were “colleagues,” but the nature of their relationship remains unclear.
Gonzalez is currently being held without bail at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio, California. He is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 18 at the Indio Larson Justice Center.
Sol has appeared Extreme Makeover: Home Edition He co-starred with Ty Pennington for seven seasons from 2005 to 2012 and was part of the team that won two Emmy Awards for the series in 2005 and 2006. He is also a writer and actor, appearing in a Spanish-language television novel and a 1998 film. Bravo. He wrote a column on interior decoration for the magazine, “Casa con Eduardo Xol”. spanish people.
Sol’s family released a statement. Los Angeles TimesHe said he was saddened by the “tragic loss.”
“As his family, we know that his kindness touched the lives of many people,” the statement said. “We ask that your kindness be returned so that our privacy is respected as we grieve.”
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Sol’s name to the Lupus Foundation of America, “as Sol devoted much of his life to serving others.”
Source: Metro Weekly – www.metroweekly.com
