Stafford County VA May 11 2013 An FBI agent was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife three weeks ago.Agent Arthur Gonzales called 911 the afternoon of April 19 to report he shot his estranged wife, 42-year-old Julie Serna Gonzales, after she attacked him with a knife in their rural Stafford County home
When Stafford County deputies arrived, they found her dead. A friend of Gonzales told News4’s Northern Virginia Bureau the mother of two was shot four times -- hit in the head and chest.
The woman lived near Las Cruces, N.M. before moving to Stafford with her husband and two sons. A friend in New Mexico created a Facebook tribute page called "Julie Strong." Donna Ulibarri-Peralta said she wanted to honor her friend’s life.
"She was such a beautiful person, and anybody who knew Julie, knew what a beautiful person she was. She could make a room light up," said Ulibarri-Peralta.
She is selling "Julie Strong” wristbands and T-shirts through the Facebook page to raise money to set up a college fund for Gonzales's sons, aged 10 and 12. Ulibarri-Peralta said she and other friends are frustrated that two weeks have passed without a decision about charges.
"We're all thinking the same thing, that because he's an FBI agent, if justice can actually get done for her,” she said. “We're very concerned."
A memorial service was recently held for Gonzales in Triangle, Va. A funeral service was held May 4 in her hometown of Socorro, N.M.
Source-NBC Washington