Rosario Teresa Gonzalez, a 20-year-old white female of Cuban descent, disappeared on February 26, 1984, in Miami, Florida. At the time, she was working a temporary promotional job distributing aspirin samples at the Miami Grand Prix racetrack. Witnesses reported that she left the venue around noon with an older Caucasian man. She was last seen shortly after 1:00 p.m. Her blue 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass was later found parked near the Dupont Plaza, and her paycheck remained unclaimed.
Rosario Teresa Gonzalez had previously participated in the Miss Florida beauty pageant and was known by the nickname “Chary.”
Despite extensive investigations, her body has never been found. The case was classified as an endangered missing person, and her disappearance quickly drew attention due to its eerie similarities with other cases involving young women. In March 1984, Christopher Wilder, an Australian-American man later dubbed the “Beauty Queen Killer,” was named a suspect in the disappearance of Rosario Teresa Gonzalez. Wilder was also linked to the disappearance of Elizabeth Ann Kenyon, a 23-year-old former Miss Florida finalist who vanished just days after Gonzalez. Both women had connections to the modeling industry and were last seen in the Miami area.
Christopher Wilder, who was present at the Miami Grand Prix on the day Gonzalez vanished, became the focus of a nationwide manhunt. He was suspected of abducting and murdering at least eight young women across multiple states during a six-week crime spree that began in Florida and ended in New Hampshire. Wilder's modus operandi involved luring women with promises of modeling opportunities, then abducting, torturing, and killing them. He died on April 13, 1984, during a struggle with police in New Hampshire, accidentally shooting himself in the process.
Although Wilder was never formally charged in the disappearance of 20-year-old white female Rosario Teresa Gonzalez, law enforcement agencies strongly believe he was responsible. Her case remains officially unsolved, and she is still listed as a missing person. Her disappearance is one of the earliest known incidents in Wilder's deadly spree, and her story continues to be cited in discussions of unsolved cases involving serial offenders.
