EAGLE — Pedro Gonzalez may have fled the barroom where he allegedly tried to beat a woman bartender to death, but he didn’t run far.
Eagle Police found him a few blocks away from Eagle’s Brush Creek Saloon, sitting on the bed of his rented room, drinking a Modelo beer at 6 a.m., five hours after he allegedly beat Dita Richterova with a beer bottle, then his fists.
Gonzalez’ attempted murder trial entered its second day with local police detectives explaining how they found him, and what they found.
Eagle Police Detective Jeremey Hawkins was among the first to examine the Brush Creek Saloon crime scene, in the pre-dawn of July 24, 2017.
Walking carefully through the Brush Creek Saloon, he photographed Richterova’s blood splattered on the concrete barroom floor and elsewhere. She had moved the rubber floor mats to sweep, preparing to close at 1 a.m. and go home.
Gonzalez was the only patron in the bar when she called last call. He allegedly began his assault when she went into the saloon kitchen to get a broom. He began beating her as she screamed and tried to escape, according to her testimony.
Read the full story
