Man who caused fatal crash captured

By Ashley Fuller, Cherokee Tribune, December 1, 2005

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A southwest Cherokee County couple's long wait for the capture of the man who caused the car accident that killed their teenage son has ended.

Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez, 37, is in the custody of the Birmingham Police Department and the extradition process to bring him from Alabama back to Georgia is under way, according to Lt. Henry Irby of the Birmingham Police Department.

On June 16, 2000, a car driven by Harrell-Gonzalez struck a Pontiac carrying Billy and Kathy Inman and their 16-year-old son, Dustin, at a red light in Gilmer County.

Dustin was killed in the accident. Both Billy and Kathy were knocked unconscious as a result of the impact. Kathy was left wheelchair-bound.

Harrell-Gonzalez, who allegedly admitted to police he fell asleep behind the wheel, was taken to an Ellijay hospital then transferred to a hospital in Dalton. He disappeared after being mistakenly released from the hospital and police thought he had fled to Mexico or his father's home in Birmingham....

"We were excited. It was past time that something had happened," Mrs. Inman said Wednesday....

The past five years of the Inmans' life have been dedicated solely to finding Harrell-Gonzalez....

Earlier this year, the Inmans joined the board of the newly formed Dustin Inman Society, which was created to educate the public about the consequences of illegal immigration. Harrell-Gonzalez is an illegal immigrant.

"I just wish something could be done so that this will not happen to another family," Inman said....

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