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Police Identify 'Person of Interest' in Adan Gonzalez Murder Case

By DNAinfo staff
March 4, 2010 12:14pm | Updated March 4, 2010 12:21pm
A poster of Adan Gonzalez promotes a vigil that was held to remember the slain East Harlem resident.
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By Gabriela Resto-Montero

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

EAST HARLEM — After a month of anxious waiting and rallies by friends, police have identified a person of interest in the murder of a Columbia-Presbyterian medical assistant.

Investigators released a photo of the man they wish to talk to about the fatal stabbing of Adan Gonzalez, 28, on Feb. 6 near the Orbit Bar, where he'd been drinking with friends.

The person of interest is described as a Black or Hispanic male, six feet tall and weighing 220 pounds.

Since his death, East Harlem friends have mounted a campaign to find his killer and have been working with the NYPD to search for a clue.

Posters with Gonzalez' photo have been plastered around the neighborhood. An NYPD community liaison officer also turned at a rally at the Orbit Bar held days after his death.

Police released this image of a man wanted for questioning in the murder of Adan Gonzalez, 28, of East Harlem.
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NYPD

Friends of Gonzalez described him as a man who loved music and dancing. He was stabbed with a butcher's knife about two blocks from the bar he often frequented.

Anyone with information on the murder of Adan Gonzalez is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

 

Fernando Mateo, president of Hispanics Across America, holds up a poster with the image of Adan Gonzalez on it.
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