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Melissa Gonzalez-Torres

Case from Reading, PA dated May 18, 2020

Victim Details

Melissa Gonzalez-Torres

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Reading

PA

2020-05-18

37

Melissa

Gonzalez-Torres

07/04/2026

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In the spring of 2020, the life of 37-year-old Melissa Gonzalez-Torres was tragically cut short in what was determined to be a murder-suicide. On the afternoon of May 18th, inside her Reading, Pennsylvania, home on Robeson Street, Melissa was fatally shot by her estranged husband, 41-year-old Segundo Torres-Ortiz. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. in a second-floor bedroom. After shooting Melissa, Torres-Ortiz then turned the gun on himself, ending his own life.

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  • WFMZ.com: Police ID victims of apparent murder-suicide in Reading
  • Melissa Gonzalez-Torres Obituary - Reading, PA
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