Julio González

"She's my woman, not yours!"Julio González a.k.a. "The Happy Land Monster", is the arsonist and mass murderer who was the perpetrator of the Happy Land Fire. An arson attack targeting the Happy Land Social Club, which costed the lives of 87 people.

History
On the evening March 25, 1990, Julio González, an unemployed Cuban refugee, had argued with his girlfriend, Lydia Feliciano, another Cuban refugee who worked at the Happy Land Club as a coat check girl, urging her to quit her job, the argument resulted in Feliciano breaking up with González and him being kicked out of the club by a bouncer. Now with no one to sustain him, González was enraged. He walked over to East Tremont and Crotona Parkway, as he was unable to buy a gun, he decided to set the club on fire. On the way of buying gasoline, González found an empty Blackhawk Hydraulic Jack Oil container. Inside the gas station, the attendant, a 23-year-old Lehman College freshman named Edward Porras refused to give him gasoline, the discussion between González and Porras lasted for minutes until a man came along and told Porras that González was alright. Porras then sold the gasoline to González and filled the container. González then returned to the club with the container and started spreading the fuel on a staircase, which was the only access into the club before spilling the gasoline onto the floor and steps of the hallway. After dumping the gasoline, he stepped back and lit two matches and then ignited the gasoline.

He walked across the street and watched as the fire began to spread. Unfortunately for the people inside the club, the place had several violations, including the lack of fire exits, alarms or sprinkler system, which only made the situation worse. In a moment of panic, a metal gate over one door was broken by a group of people, seeing the broken gate as their only chance of survival, a few people managed to escape throught it. After finishing watching, González took a bus back to his home and began to think of what he had done, resulting in him crying all the way back. When arriving at his home, he removed his cloathes and fell asleep, but was arrested the following afternoon after police learned of the argument between González and Feliciano. He eventually confessed to starting the fire and was charged with 174 counts of murder, two for each victim, receiving the sentence of 25 years to life for each count. González was eligible for parole during March 2015 but he denied it, he will be eligible again in November 2016.

Modus Operandi
When starting the Happy Land Fire, González took advantage of the blocked exits and other several violations to start the fire. He spilled gasoline on the main staircase and the hallway before igniting the gasoline with two matches. Afterwards, he watched the whole event across the street. Most of the victims were young Hondurans celebrating Carnival, draw from members of the local Garifuna American community.

Known Victims

 * March 25, 1990: The Happy Land Fire
 * Lourdes Rosario Aguilar
 * Caloctro Alfaro
 * Jose Amilcar Alfaro
 * Malvin Alicea
 * Danny Elroy Alvarez
 * Hector Alvarez
 * Jose Alvarez
 * Frankie Tomas Arana
 * Dagoberto Echeverri-Barahona
 * Sandra Beltran
 * Victor Hugo Benavides
 * Israel Antonio Bulnes Jr.
 * Wilfredo Castillo
 * Janet Castro
 * Carla Chaves
 * Norman Clark
 * Elias Colon
 * Juan Carlos Colon
 * Ramon Colon
 * Carlos E. Contreras
 * Victor Hugo Cordova
 * Justa Gladys Crisanto
 * Lester Rolando Cruz
 * Natalie Dantzler
 * Jose Alexis Diaz
 * Marco Julio Dolmo
 * Marvin Antonio Doubleday
 * Luis Gustavo Drummond
 * Omar Escobar
 * Alba Escoto
 * Casimiro Evo
 * Daisy Marie Falco
 * Debra Farrington
 * Loretta Farrington
 * José Ramon Flores
 * Lenny Ernesto Gamoneda
 * Marco Tulio Gamoneda
 * Orvin Garbutt
 * Erlinda Gomez
 * José Gonzáles
 * Carmen Hernandez
 * Enrique Hinds
 * Ann Marie Hunt
 * Juan Javier
 * Charles Joseph
 * Israel Laureano Sr.
 * Isabel Lopez
 * Mauricio Lopez
 * Nohemy Aracely Luque
 * Luis Abraham Manaiza
 * Wendy Manaiza
 * Kim Marlow
 * José Manuel Marquez
 * Mario Martinez
 * Aida Margarita Martinez
 * Marisol Martinez
 * Ines Maximo
 * Daphne McKenzie
 * Hilda McKenzie
 * Samuel R. McKenzie
 * Evelio Mejia
 * Nelson Mejia
 * Rene J. Mena Jr.
 * Mircia Moncada
 * Dionicio Moreira
 * Ana Luisa Moss Centino
 * Yvette Murray
 * Yvonne Murray
 * Juan José Nunez
 * Samuel Ortiz
 * Nilda Ortiz
 * Mario Pacheco
 * Eli J. Pena
 * Juan Andres Pena
 * Carlos Roberto Peri
 * Wilson Efrain Pesantez
 * Minerva Ramos
 * Clemente Reyes
 * Cruz Robledo
 * Query Francisco Romero
 * Susan Gayle Samms
 * Betsabe Torres
 * Paula Velasquez
 * Nicholas Zapata
 * Six unnamed people

On Criminal Minds
González is partially similiar to serial arsonist and mass murderer Tommy Wheeler. Both used gasoline to start their fires and were motivated by something to do with their romantic lives (Tommy wanted to be alone with his sister who he had a crush on, while González had an argument with his girlfriend). Their massacres also involved the exits being blocked off, thus contributing to a higher body count.