Venezuelan businessman kills 3-year-old son in Miami murder-suicide
José Manuel González Testino was found dead with the child in a luxury condominium
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A businessman who was facing conviction on bribery charges linked to Venezuela’s state oil company killed his 3-year-old son before fatally shooting himself in a luxury condominium in Miami, police said.
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The bodies of José Manuel González Testino, 53, and his son, José Manuel González, were found Wednesday night at a Coconut Grove condominium during a wellness check. Police said a relative of the boy had contacted them after several unsuccessful attempts to contact the father.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Venezuelan businessman José Manuel González Testino reportedly shot and killed his three-year-old son before turning the gun on himself. (Fox News)
"It is being investigated as a murder-suicide by way of gunshot wounds," Miami police spokesman Michael Vega told The Associated Press.
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González Testino controlled multiple international and U.S.-based companies, and in 2019 pleaded guilty in federal courts in South Texas for his role in a bribery scheme involving Venezuelan state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and its subsidiaries, according to the U.S. Justice Department. His sentencing was scheduled for the end of March in federal court in Houston.
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González Testino had been arrested in July 2018 at the Miami International Airport and was later released on bail.