Pregnant Woman Vanishes: Beaumont Man Charged In Mother-Baby Killing

BEAUMONT, CA — The body of a missing pregnant woman has not been found, but a Beaumont man was charged with two counts of murder in the case, authorities announced Tuesday.

Angel Martine McIntire, 28, of Beaumont was taken into custody Oct. 7 and subsequently charged in the 2020 disappearance of 27-year-old Diana Perez Gonzalez of San Jacinto. She was eight weeks pregnant at the time and her remains have not been located, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

McIntire was arraigned Tuesday on two counts of murder for the deaths of Gonzalez her unborn fetus. He pleaded not guilty before Superior Court Judge Elaine Kiefer, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for Oct. 18 at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.

The judge ordered that McIntire be held without bail at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. He was previously held there in lieu of $1 million bail.

On the evening of December 11, 2020, deputies from the San Jacinto Sheriff’s Station began an investigation into Gonzalez's disappearance that was reported in the 3000 block of Crooked Branch Way in San Jacinto.

In addition to her pregnancy, Gonzalez was the mother of a 6-month-old baby. The child was also reported missing at the time but eventually found safe, according to the sheriff's department. Further details were not disclosed.

Foul play was suspected and the sheriff department's Central Homicide assumed the investigation.

McIntire was arrested last week in the 500 block of Palm Avenue in Beaumont. His relationship to Gonzalez, if any, was not clear and a motive in the case was not disclosed.

According to court records, the defendant has prior convictions for domestic violence and illegal possession of a loaded firearm in public.

The search for Gonzalez's body is ongoing.