Thread: TX-Brothers charged in Houston doc's slaying

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Brothers charged in Houston doc's slaying
Officers now looking for a cousin of the suspects
By PEGGY O'HARE
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Aug. 29, 2009, 7:45AM


Jorge Mario Gonzalez was chief of the critical care section at The Methodist Hospital.


Investigators trying to determine who might have gunned down a prominent Houston doctor at his Bellville ranch last weekend didn't have to look very far to get a break in the case.

On Friday, they charged two brothers of the physician's ranch hand with murder and announced they were also looking for the men's cousin.

Cristobal Galvan Cerna, 23, and Moises Galvan Cerna, 18, remain in the Austin County Jail in Bellville, about 65 miles west of Houston, where they are being held without bail. The Texas Rangers and sheriff's investigators are continuing to search for Misael Santollo, 18, who is also charged with murder.

The three — all from the Sharpstown area in southwest Houston — are accused of killing Dr. Jorge Mario Gonzalez, 56, a pulmonary medicine specialist and chief of the critical care section at The Methodist Hospital in Houston in a brazen daylight ambush at Gonzalez's rural ranch house.

Investigators say they have no evidence linking Gonzalez's ranch hand, Noel Galvan Cerna, 21, of Houston, to the crime. He was also shot during the attack and remains at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin.

“We have no evidence to substantiate he was involved,â€

Illegal entry into this country, rape of a 14-year-old and murder, and that is all we know about. With a character like this, you kinda wish it is guilty until proven innocent. Sorry, but the anger that the borders are not closed gets overwhelming when you hear something like this. And crime is a job Americans will do, so we don't need any help.