Gabbie Gonzalez Charged in Alleged Plot to Kill Jack Avery
Gabbie Gonzalez was charged Tuesday in Los Angeles in an alleged plot to kill jack avery, after prosecutors said she worked with her father and ex-boyfriend to try to hire a hitman on the dark web. A judge set her bail at $2 million and ordered her to stay at least 100 yards from Avery and their child, with no contact.
Prosecutors charged Gonzalez, Francisco Gonzalez and Kai Faron Cordrey with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation of murder. The case centers on a bitter custody dispute involving Avery and Gonzalez, who share a seven-year-old daughter.
Los Angeles Court Order
Gonzalez appeared Tuesday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom after her arrest last week in Northern California. The bail order means she cannot approach Avery or the child while the case moves forward, and Francisco Gonzalez was arrested Monday in Seminole County, Florida, where online jail records show he was being held without bond.
The criminal complaint was filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, which alleged the three defendants took part in a scheme that stretched from 2020 through 2022. Gonzalez and Avery also have a custody dispute that prosecutors say sits at the center of the alleged plot.
Dark-Web Allegations
According to prosecutors, Gonzalez “repeatedly discussed wanting Jack Avery dead” between October 2020 and May 2021. They say she and Cordrey discussed using Bitcoin on the dark web and planned on “making the killing appear to be an accident.”
Prosecutors allege Francisco Gonzalez sent Cordrey $10,000 on April 26, 2021, as front money for the plot. Cordrey then transferred the money to a Gemini cryptocurrency account and began using a dark-web murder-for-hire account under the alias LizardKing69. On May 22, 2021, he allegedly identified Avery as the target and gave an address in Los Angeles, saying Avery “should be killed by whatever method was easiest.”
Undercover FBI Meeting
The complaint says the account administrator demanded another $4,000 on June 4, 2021, and Cordrey went back to Francisco Gonzalez for more money. Several days later, Cordrey allegedly asked that Avery be killed within a couple of days. On Sept. 19, 2021, an undercover FBI agent posing as a hit man spoke with Cordrey by phone about payment and proof of death.
In a later conversation, Cordrey allegedly said Gabbie Gonzalez wanted the killing carried out and that Francisco Gonzalez could pay for it. Francisco Gonzalez then contacted the undercover agent using the texted password Bullrun to discuss a prior Bitcoin payment.
Prosecutors also say Gonzalez spoke with Cordrey on a recorded call on Oct. 20, 2022, about the communications with the supposed hitman and how to handle exposure, including that she could speak with her father because “he had been handling most of it.” With three defendants now charged and the court already imposing a $2 million bail and a 100-yard stay-away order, the case will move through the Los Angeles court system with the recorded calls and cryptocurrency trail at its center.
