He told me that 'Giovanni was dead'

Title: He told me that 'Giovanni was dead'

Published: Thu, 27 Nov 2008

Description: (Boston Globe) Reporter Maria Sacchetti recounts Ernesto Gonzalez's jailhouse confession to her in which he said he killed his son. (Produced by Jason Tuohey, Boston.com Staff)

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" I'm doing a follow up about -- Gonzales he's a five year old boy who's misting he's been missing for the past three months from his father's house in lane and went to the jail to speak but the father asked him if he knew. We're Geovany wives and he told me she did. And that -- was dad he said that he it just happened and I am I moment that is something that just happened -- Geovany he's had had been missed behaving that weekend. And Sunday morning. Aaron Ernesto said he grabbed a knife and stabbed him to death and from the refrigerator. He said and then he he and -- Put the little boy in the bathtub and cut up the body and but it and Stop & -- type grocery bags and put them in a duffel bag and it caught on his bicycle and -- to three different. Locations. Church Astaro union street and down. The big lot and any dumped. The bags and trash and in each those locations it was extraordinary detail on right down to the the writing on did duffel bag and the time he went and and the the list of behavioral problems -- your money had that weekend he said authorities are concerned that his story is not true. Com -- at the investigation is open and active and they want to know. There is no body found so they -- they're still pursuing the case of pursuing a reason I investigate what. Ernesto Gonzalez has told me. You know people still hoping family members to hold that -- will be found alive. And some people are casting doubt that. Ernesto is telling the truth but that still. Kind of burning question right now for authorities is does the physical evidence support what he's changed. And if it doesn't doesn't doesn't mean still that your -- is alive. Those are big questions right now I think the everyone's having a hard time answering."

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