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“John…” the woman says, according to a courtroom report from the August trial by the Greencastle Banner-Graphic. Also visible in the photo are the tell-tale signs of the severe beating her head and face had just received from Gonzales. A photo on the phone from around the same time shows that she was suffering from a gunshot wound to the side of her body. In that footage, the victim cries out to her assailant and pleads for his help. and contained a clip of Attkisson just before she died. The phone was sold to a Walmart in Terre Haute, Ind. Instrumental in the case against Gonzales was a pawned cellular phone of the defendant’s. He was found with several of her belongings in his possession, according to local CBS/Fox/MyNetworkTV/CW affiliate WTHI. The defendant was arrested in early February after crashing his ex’s SUV. Attkisson died in late January 2020 from a homicide caused by blunt force trauma. The two had long been involved in an on-and-off-again romantic relationship. John Gonzales, 30, was convicted of murdering 44-year-old Melissa “Lisa” Attkisson in August. ‘John, Please Make It Stop’: Indiana Man Sentenced to Nearly 90 Years in Prison for Beating Girlfriend to Death as She Begged for Mercy on VideoĪn Indiana man was sentenced to nearly 90 years in prison on Thursday over the gruesome and chilling 2020 murder of a woman who called out his name as she lay dying.