DNA shows man who found girl’s body in 1979 was actually her killer

Lewis Randy Williamson found the girl’s body off of Highway 243.

Esther Gonzalez, 17 at the time, had been raped, killed and dumped in a snowbank on the side of the highway. Williamson called the Riverside County sheriff on Feb. 9, 1979, and reported his discovery. Investigators noted at the time that he was argumentative. Five days later, he sat for an interview with law enforcement…