The Gonzalez family’s Fort Worth home, often filled with children, was quiet on a Monday night as grieving parents braced each other to talk about their firstborn son.
Irma and Jesus Manuel Gonzalez have been together for almost 20 years and in these years the couple welcomed six children — five boys and one girl — into their world. Earlier this year the family faced a tragic loss when their eldest, 17-year-old Jesus Gonzalez Jr., was killed in a car crash.
In the last three months, Irma has visited the cemetery every evening. After she got home, the couple sat close together on a brown couch in the living room with one of their sons beside them. A large photo of Jesus Jr. smiling was placed next to them as they spoke about his life in an interview with the Star-Telegram on March 9…