Angel R. Colon, 49, an inmate at Wende Correctional Facility, was denied parole after an initial parole hearing on May 18, 2022.
Colon is serving 25 years to life after being convicted of murder 2nd degree in the death of 7-year-old Samantha Zaldivar in 1997.
On May 23,1997, after a 3-month search for Samantha, she was found buried in a field about 1000 feet from her home after a farmer plowing the field located her body. Samantha went missing from her home in February of 1997. Colon was the live-in boyfriend of Samantha’s mother, Rachel Stra, and Colon was the father to Samantha’s two other siblings.
In August of 1998, Colon admitted to killing Samantha and sexually abusing her in the family’s home in Hermitage, NY. He was originally facing a 19-count indictment and possibly the death penalty. Samantha’s mother also pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of hindering prosecution and received a conditional discharge. She had originally faced two felony charges, hindering the prosecution and tampering with evidence.
Colon will next be up for parole in May of 2024.
I hope he rots in jail for what he did to that little girl.
She should have definitely be been convicted of the of just the same. Especially being Samantha’s mother!!! I’m sure she knew what was going on in that house!
This animal should nevet be released from prison!
I hope he gets what rapist get in prison as her mother should as well… pieces of shit.. deserve to both die…