Durban – Muziwokuthula “Muzi” Madondo, the theology student accused of killing four people in the United States has pleaded guilty to two of the murders.
An official from the office of district attorney Tim Rose told ANA that Madondo had pleaded no contest on Tuesday to the double murder of father and son, Bobby Gonzales, 57, and Gabriel Baca, 37.
The official said a press statement would be issued shortly.
A clerk in the Quay County District court also confirmed Madondo’s plea.
It is understood that Madondo pleaded guilty to two counts of second degree murder and a count of tampering with evidence.
According to the State of New Mexico court records seen by ANA, Madondo will be sentenced on December 14.
The plea comes four years after Gonzales and Baca were gunned down in a Tucumcari Motel. It follows a protracted legal process that saw the Supreme Court of New Mexico rule that Madondo’s rights were violated when he made the confession
During his arrest and initial detention by Texas Rangers in Texas in March 2011, Madondo is alleged, not only to have confessed to the Tucumcari murders, but also to the murders of FirstMerit Bank executive Jacquelyn Hilder and Maritzburg College old boy Zenzele Mdadane in Ohio.
It is likely that Madondo will be sent to Ohio after sentencing in December to account for those two murders. There he could face the death penalty if convicted.
African News Agency
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