Moonda Murder

(Akron, Ohio) More than a year has passed since I last reported on the Moonda murder. Check previous entries here, here, and here.

In the latest development, investigators have solved the case.

To recap quickly, Dr. Gulam Moonda was killed on the Ohio Turnpike by a gunman in May 2005. The doctor pulled over to the side of the road to change drivers when a following vehicle stopped behind. The driver exited and approached Dr. Moonda's car, robbed him, and then shot him. Dr. Moonda's wife and mother-in-law were also in the car but unhurt.

Here is the most recent from NewsNet5.com:

The wife of a Pennsylvania doctor has surrendered on a charge of interstate stalking in his shooting death along the Ohio Turnpike last year.

Donna Moonda surrendered in Youngstown hours after her reported love interest, Damian Bradford, pleaded guilty in the husband's shooting.

Moonda also has been charged with aiding and abetting.

Prosecutors said Moonda approached Bradford about killing her husband for money. Prosecutors also said Bradford and Donna Moonda met just hours before the shooting death of Dr. Gulam Moonda in order to provide a detailed map of their route.

The news comes hours after Bradford, 25, admitted in court to pulling the trigger and killing Gulam Moonda, 69, during a plea agreement Monday morning.

Bradford pleaded guilty to interstate stalking and carrying a firearm with intent to kill. He also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

Bradford will be sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison in the death of the Hermitage, Pa. doctor. Moonda was shot to death along the Ohio Turnpike on May 13, 2005.

Bradford admitted freely in court that he followed Gulam Moonda on the interstate, pulled up behind him and, when Gulam Moonda was out of the car, ordered him back into the car and shot him once in the head.

Aiding and abetting the murder of her husband sounds like a capital crime to me. I don't think she should have wiggle room.


[Update 07/06/07]

Donna Moonda found guilty of murder.


[Update 09/21/07]

Moonda gets life in prison.