(KRON) -- Twenty years ago, 38-year-old Alfonso Gonzalez was hired by a Menlo Park jewelry store owner to kidnap, rape and murder one of his employees because she rebuffed his romantic advances, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. On Wednesday, a parole board reviewing hi s conviction declared that the hired kidnapper remains a danger to the community and denied his release. Following a 12-day trial, a San Mateo County jury convicted Gonzalez of conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit rape, kidnapping, kidnapping during a carjacking, and criminal threats. He was sentenced on June 8, 2007, to 35 years to life in prison. During Gonzalez’s first parole hearing on Wednesday at Pelican Bay State Prison, the victims participated remotely through video, the DA’s office said. The Board of Parole Hearings ultimately determined that Gonzalez, now 58 years old, remains an unreasonable risk of danger to the community if released and found him unsuitable for parole. He was denied another parole hearing for the next five years, according to the DA’s office. Redwood City woman slain in murder-suicide identified The victim worked at a small jewelry store owned by Ricardo Zambrano, which was located inside Mi Rancho Supermarket in Menlo Park. She testified that Zambrano tried to court her by buying her flowers and gifting her a Hyundai, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. After rebuffing his advances, she told the jury that he said, “You’re going to be sorry for not loving me,” the Chronicle reported. Zambrano was accused of offering Gonzalez $5,000 to kidnap and kill the employee. Gonzalez kidnapped the victim at gunpoint as she was leaving work. Prosecutors said she “was driven to Fresno where she was to be raped and murdered.” At the Fresno home, another person helped the woman escape. Zambrano was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit rape, kidnapping to commit another crime, kidnapping during a carjacking, preventing or dissuading a witness or victim from reporting, and false imprisonment with violence. He was sentenced to 39 years to life. ...read more read less