Killer's Mom Realizes Her Gay Son Killed His Lover At A Gas Station
September 9, 2026
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5 min readA Mother Learns Her Son Is a Murder Suspect
Margaret Valencia was finishing a long overnight shift as a truck driver when her day took an unexpected turn. After stopping at her father's house in Jacksonville to help care for him—washing his hair, shaving him, doing his nails—she fell asleep on the couch. When she woke up, her son Jonathan called. He was upset, crying, distressed. As a mother, she told him to stay calm, not to jeopardize his commercial driver's license, and to drive to her father's house. She didn't know why he was upset. She didn't ask.
What she didn't know was that two homicide detectives were already looking for Jonathan Valencia. They found his mother first.
The Interrogation
Detectives Jason Williams and Mike met Margaret at her father's home. They were careful to tell her she wasn't under arrest, but they still read her Miranda rights before asking questions. Margaret, a devout Christian who describes herself as someone who "follows protocol," agreed to talk. She explained her day in detail: the seafood platter she picked up for her stepmother, the cleaning she did for her father, the coffee she drank to stay awake.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:30) **Detectives Begin Interview** - Two homicide detectives sit down with a woman, Margaret, at a sheriff's office and explain they need to talk to her about her son
- 2 (05:57) **Margaret Describes Her Day** - Margaret explains she is a truck driver who worked overnight and then went to her bedridden father's house to help care for him
- 3 (12:55) **Margaret Wakes to Her Son's Distress** - Margaret says she woke up to use the restroom, had coffee, and then her son Jonathan called her sounding very upset and crying
- 4 (14:55) **Margaret's Advice to Her Son** - Margaret explains she told Jonathan he needed to come in and be questioned by police, but that he should first talk to a lawyer
- 5 (21:22) **Jonathan's Distressed Phone Call** - Margaret describes that when Jonathan called, he was very upset, crying, and distressed, but she won't share details of what he said
- 6 (24:46) **Margaret's Traffic Stop Complaint** - Margaret shifts to describing her own traffic stop by Jacksonville police, expressing frustration at how she was treated
- 7 (28:27) **Margaret Defends Her Character** - Margaret says she wants the detectives to know not every Black woman is belligerent, and she hopes to show them a difference
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