Carthage Homicide Update
By: Jessica Brown
Updated: May 7, 2012
CARTHAGE, MO.--New information is released in a Carthage homicide investigation.
According to court documents 45-year-old Juan Mendoza cut the victim's throat with a machete.
Mendoza is charged with second degree murder for the crime.
Autopsy results show the victim, 43-year-old Mario Gonzalez, sustained 3 strikes to his neck and showed no signs of struggle or defensive wounds.
His body was found floating in Spring River two weeks ago.
Authorities say he often stayed at a Carthage homeless camp near where his body was found.
Mendoza is being held on a million dollar bond.
He's set to be arraigned Thursday.
