Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Chilling 2005 Murder Of Yonkers Woman

YONKERS, NY — Another Westchester County cold case has been closed with the perpetrator brought to justice.

A Florida man pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for the 2005 murder of Yonkers resident Angel Serbay.

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Christopher Gonzalez has been promised a sentence of 20 years to life in state prison, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Wednesday.

The 41-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced on February 24.

"No matter how long it takes, we will never give up on trying to solve open cold case homicides in Westchester County," Rocah said. "Now after 18 years, Angel Serbay’s family has the closure they deserve."

On September 3, 2005, Gonzalez strangled 25-year-old Serbay until she died and disposed of her body in a blanket on the shoulder of the Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenburgh, where it was discovered by a passerby who contacted the New York State Police.

A New York State Police investigation forensically linked the death to a 2000 Bronx cold case rape and murder under investigation by the NYPD, and Gonzalez's DNA ultimately connected him to both murders.

Gonzalez was captured in Naples, Florida, on November 7, 2017, by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. He was arrested by the NYPD following his extradition to New York and has since been held by the NYC Department of Corrections.