It was June 16, 2000. Billy, Kathy, and Dustin Inman along with their dog loaded into the car to spend Fathers Day weekend fishing in Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia . Ellijay has a population of 1700 and is nestled in the North Georgia Mountains.

As the Inmans waited at the stoplight, a vehicle driven by Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez slammed into the back of the Inman’s car at 60 miles per hour. In a matter of seconds, the drunk driver permanently changed Dustin, Kathy, and Billy Inman forever.

The family dog and 16-year old Dustin were killed immediately. Kathy, Dustin’s mom, and Billy, Dustin’s dad, were knocked unconscious by the crash. Kathy regained consciousness after five weeks in a coma. Billy began to recover from his injuries as well. During their recovery, they learned Dustin was killed in the wreck.

Because of the accident, Kathy sustained spinal injuries and would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.

Billy and Kathy only have a few school photos, family snapshots, and a video made at Dustin’s funeral by which to remember their son. Billy was Kathy’s caretaker until June 7, 2019. Billy then joined Dustin for their first Father’s Day in Heaven.

Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez was able to obtain a North Carolina drivers license using a Mexican birth certificate and a Mexican matricula consular ID which is a photo ID card issued by a foreign government to those who are in the US illegally. The Mexican matricula consular ID lacks security and is so easily forged that the ID cannot be used to obtain federally issued Mexican voter ID or state issued Mexican drivers licenses.

Gonzalez was in the US illegally, obtained a North Carolina drivers license, drank to the point of drunkenness, climbed behind the wheel of a car, crashed into the rear of the Inman family vehicle and killed a teenage child instantly!

Whereas the Inmans spent weeks in the hospital, Gonzalez walked out of the hospital and fled.

D.A. King, a former Marine and pro-enforcement American, heard of the plight of the Inmans and took up their cause. D.A. sold his successful insurance business and invested his personal time, energy, and money to become Georgia’s expert on the crime of illegal immigration. He has since been an advocate for the Inmans and the enforcement of immigration laws around the state of Georgia, in the Georgia General Assembly, and the halls of Congress.

The plight of the Inmans garnered the attention of news media outlets, legislators, and President Trump. With this tragedy, the Inmans are members of a club no one wants to join. They are members of the Angel Families club. Angel Families is a term used to describe the relatives of victims killed by illegal aliens.

So where are we now?

In February 2013, the FBI obtained a federal arrest warrant for Gonzalez for Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution in relation to the First Degree Vehicular Homicide charges in Gilmer County.

On January 24, 2018, D.A. King and the Inmans reached out to Congressman David Perdue, who is the Senator from Georgia.

As of March 2018, Robert Hughes, the Acting Deputy Assistant Director of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, wrote back stating that the FBI had information that Gonzalez was located in Mexico. However, in order for Gonzalez to be taken into custody by Mexican authorities, a Provisional Arrest Warrant must be issued. The Department of Justice, Office of International Affairs has declined to support the issuance of a Provisional Arrest Warrant at the time due to the lack of reciprocal Mexican laws regarding first degree vehicular homicide. In other words, the Department of Justice cannot issue the arrest warrant because Mexico does not recognize first degree vehicular homicide on their menu of criminal activity.

So Gonzalez lives his life in Mexico walking around freely while the Inman family has been decimated by his crimes personally and the crime of illegal immigration.

If Gonzalez had been captured and tried for his crimes, the Inmans would have justice. Even still, if Gonzalez had not been in the U.S., Kathy Inman would be walking, she and Billy would be playing with their grandkids from their 37-year old son Dustin, and this episode would not exist.

On an upcoming episode, I’ll have a conversation with Inman family friend, DA King. Visit thewindup.news and go to the show notes for this episode for more information.

Sources/show notes

Letter from Senator Perdue: https://www.thedustininmansociety.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Billy-Inman-2.jpg

Dalton DailyCitizen: https://www.thedustininmansociety.org/blog/2018/04/30/billy-and-kathy-inman-in-the-dalton-daily-citizenletter-payne-is-wrong-on-drivers-license-bill-dalton-daily-citizen/

CBS46 reports on family separation: https://www.cbs46.com/news/family-still-fights-for-closure-years-after-father-s-day/video_5f1c14ff-18c4-5cb4-8a4d-6064a449eca1.html#ixzz5IVXH0HtW

I lost my best friend: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/06/17/merican-father-fights-justice-son-killed-illegal-alien/

Permanently separated: https://youtu.be/HoVNLcXSQLw

Billy Inman’s passing & Kathy Inman’s GoFundMe: https://www.thedustininmansociety.org/blog/2019/06/18/dustins-dad-billy-inman-has-passed-kathy-needs-help-to-stay-in-her-home-dustininman/

Honoring immigrants: https://www.thedustininmansociety.org/blog/2020/02/10/photos-from-the-dustin-inman-society-feb-8-2020-immigration-forum-in-atlanta/

FBI: Fugitive sought in vehicular homicide case

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/atlanta/press-releases/2014/fugitive-sought-in-vehicular-homicide-case

Who was Dustin Inman? https://www.thedustininmansociety.org/info/who_was_dustin_inman.html