13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez disappeared from her home in 2014. Her murder trial will begin next week. Read full case details
TUCSON, Ariz. — Even though Christopher Clements is about to face a jury on charges of killing 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez, that case is difficult to separate from the disappearance and death of 6-year-old Isabel Celis. He’s scheduled to be tried in the Celis case in February.
On April 20, 2012 Sergio Celis calls 911 to report his daughter Isabel missing. An intense search by police and the public does not find her.She never comes home.Three years later, investigators realize there were DNA samples from Maribel Gonzalez that had not been tested. They say they’re a match for Christopher Clements.In September 14, 2018, a Grand Jury indicts Christopher Clements in the murder of both Maribel Gonzalez and Isabel Celis.
Now that they have a location, investigators check cell phone records. They say the day Isabel Celis disappeared, Clements cell phone was transmitting near where her body was found--and he got a new phone the next day.