Ok I am all for a loving family and everything, however 14 children to a single mother?
she already had 6 children under the age of 7 and her mother says she was taking fertility drugs and to top it off she lives at home with her parent's.
I am sorry who is paying for these 14 children? the state of California? I can barely pay for my own two children and all of the house bills, so I would like to know how this mother in her 30's going to pay for her 14 children.
Why should her father (grandfather of the 14) have to go back to do contracting jobs in Iraq just to help pay for these children when they should not be a burden to the grandparents.
mid 30's and 14 children and no husband
I am sure everyone is just so excited about 8 babies and I am sure the family thinks they are going to get a lot of free things from Pampers and other companies who make baby products and that would be wonderful if the family did get the free things ,however if this mother of 14 is on welfare, we the taxpayers have every right to know and also have it explained to us on how she is still on welfare when there is a 2 year lifetime limit the last time I checked.
She does not want to be identified but they showed her home and also talked to her neighbors who are not that happy about it. Nadia I thought is what the neighbor said her name was.
Oh well, life will go on and I hope the 14 children grow up to be very successful. However the mother should be banned from having any more children.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Amber Alert for 3 yr old CA Boy
**** ALERT FOLLOWS **********************
Amber Alert Issued for 3 Year Old California Boy
Posted: Wednesday May 21 8:12 PM CT
The California Highway Patrol issued the Amber Alert on Wednesday
afternoon after the boy was apparently abducted this morning. The
suspect is
accused of rape and other charges and is considered armed and
dangerous.
Aleksandr Olteanu white, 3 feet tall, weighing 35 pounds, with brown
hair and brown eyes.
The suspect is David Olteanu, a white male 5 feet 6 inches tall, with
brown hair and green eyes.
The suspect vehicle is a dark blue, 2007 Chrysler 300 with California
license plate 6DBR388.
Anyone with any information on this abduction is asked to call 911.
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Amber Alert Issued for 3 Year Old California Boy
Posted: Wednesday May 21 8:12 PM CT
The California Highway Patrol issued the Amber Alert on Wednesday
afternoon after the boy was apparently abducted this morning. The
suspect is
accused of rape and other charges and is considered armed and
dangerous.
Aleksandr Olteanu white, 3 feet tall, weighing 35 pounds, with brown
hair and brown eyes.
The suspect is David Olteanu, a white male 5 feet 6 inches tall, with
brown hair and green eyes.
The suspect vehicle is a dark blue, 2007 Chrysler 300 with California
license plate 6DBR388.
Anyone with any information on this abduction is asked to call 911.
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more information
Saturday, January 05, 2008
A family loses 5 Of their loved ones
rticle published Tuesday, January 1, 2008
I-280 FATAL CRASH
Wrong-way driver jailed; man's blood-alcohol was 3 times legal limit
Pickup driver Michael Gagnon, 24, of Adrian was charged with five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.
By MEGHAN GILBERT and JOE VARDON
BLADE STAFF WRITERS
So many people tried to stop him.
The young man at Taco Bell knew he was drunk, and called 911, but couldn't make him stay.
The panicked drivers along southbound I-280 swerved out of the way and used their cell phones to dial 911, amazed that a hulking pickup truck could be going the wrong way on the highway.
But they couldn't stop him.
Within eight minutes, he had killed five members of a family from Maryland, including four children — one of whom was just 8 weeks old.
"The guy might as well have had a loaded gun and shot those people," said Keith Allain, of Oakland Township, Michigan, one of the 911 callers.
Yesterday, the 24-year-old Adrian man — who records show had a blood alcohol level of 0.254 percent, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08 percent — was charged with five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.
Michael Gagnon was being held last night at the Lucas County jail pending an arraignment tomorrow in Toledo Municipal Court.
The fatal accident occurred just before 11 p.m. Sunday on southbound I-280 near the Manhattan Boulevard overpass.
Police said Mr. Gagnon's northbound Ford F-350 collided nearly head-on with a Chevy Astro van being driven south by Danny Griffin, Jr., 36, of Parkville, Md.
Bethany Griffin, 36, Jordan Griffin, 10, Lacie Burkman, 7, and Haley Burkman, 10, were pronounced dead at the scene. Vadie Griffin, 8 weeks old, was taken to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Mr. Griffin was in serious condition yesterday at St. Vincent. Sidney Griffin, 8, was listed in critical condition, and Beau Burkman, 8, was discharged about 4:45 p.m., a hospital spokesman said.
Mr. Gagnon was treated for a jaw injury at St. Vincent. He was taken into custody after being discharged at 4:20 p.m.
The suspect, drunk after a night at an Oregon bar, swung through a Taco Bell on Navarre Avenue, then headed for I-280. But he drove past the ramp to northbound I-280. He drove above the highway on an overpass, then turned right onto the ramp used by southbound traffic exiting I-280 at Navarre.
The fatal crash took place about four miles away on the highway, just south of I-75 in Toledo.
'At 60 miles an hour, you can drive that in about three minutes, and that's all it took for him to kill five people,' Toledo police Deputy Chief Ron Spann said.
Family regret
Chief Spann said Mr. Gagnon was aware the accident caused the deaths, and was uncooperative and belligerent when he spoke with investigators.
He has no previous drunk-driving convictions in Ohio or Michigan.
Samuel Gagnon, 21, Mr. Gagnon's brother, told The Blade last night from his home that "my prayers go out to the family," and declined further comment. The Gagnon brothers work construction together in the Adrian area.
Earlier yesterday Samuel Gagnon told the Baltimore Sun that his brother, wasn't supposed to be driving, but left the Oregon bar they were partying at without warning. He was driving Samuel Gagnon's truck.
"I don't know why he decided to leave," he told the Sun. "Everyone's in shock. We're supposed to be celebrating the New Year, but now I got to look forward to my brother in jail the rest of his life."
Where it started
Mr. Gagnon was believed to have been partying at the Rodeo Bar and Grill, a country music bar that shares a parking lot with the Holiday Inn Express at 3154 Navarre Ave.
Christine Shallal, general manager at the Holiday Inn, said three rooms were registered to Mr. Gagnon and his family for Sunday night. A manager and waitress at Rodeo Bar declined comment.
There were multiple reports that Mr. Gagnon smelled of alcohol, and a search warrant filed in Toledo Municipal Court noted that police observed Mr. Gagnon's speech was slurred, his eyes were glassy, and that he was acting agitated.
Mr. Gagnon also admitted to consuming intoxicants, and one or more liquor containers were found in his vehicle, according to the warrant.
"He's really drunk"
A restaurant employee at the Taco Bell at 2950 Navarre Ave. who identified himself as Jacob called Oregon police at 10:47 p.m.
"Hey, I work at Taco Bell and there's this guy he's driving like a black Ford F 250, it's like a diesel, and he's really drunk," the employee told dispatchers. "We've got him stopped in our parking lot, in our drive-through right now, and I was just wondering if you could send someone over here to either stop him or pick him up."
Oregon police went to the restaurant but just missed Mr. Gagnon.
Toledo police received its first call about Mr. Gagnon driving the wrong way on I-280 at 10:52 p.m. The accident occurred at 10:55 p.m.
The van carrying eight people — including the five who died — was driven by Mr. Griffin, who was returning to Maryland after visiting his father in the Livonia, Mich., area, authorities said. Before that they had been visiting family in the Redford, Mich., area for the holidays.
"Such great people"
Sabrina Hauf, who lives in Parkville — a Baltimore suburb — and has children who attended school with the Burkman children, said in an e-mail to The Blade that "our community is absolutely distraught by this tragedy and losing such great people."
"It is so hard to believe that we will never see them walking through the halls of Carney Elementary again," Ms. Hauf said.
Ms. Hauf described the family as a blended family, in which the Burkman children were from Mrs. Griffin's previous marriage and the older Griffin children belonged to Mr. Griffin.
Bethany and Danny Griffin are "absolutely fantastic parents," said Jason Starin, a family friend from Raleigh, N.C.
Mr. Griffin enjoys playing ice hockey and is a devout Detroit Lions fan, and Ms. Griffin loved the Baltimore Ravens, Mr. Starin said.
"It's just an amazing family and it's going to have to recover," he said.
VIEW: Complete transcripts of 911 calls
HEAR: 911 audio
ALSO ONLINE: Read related story on rare, but deadly, freeway crashes
A horrific scene
It appears that Mr. Griffin and Mr. Gagnon tried to swerve to avoid the collision, but the heavier pickup sheared off the passenger side of the minivan, causing several passengers to be thrown from the vehicle.
Remnants of Christmas wrapping were strewn about the scene, as were toys, stuffed animals, luggage, and baby effects, including a damaged infant seat surrounded by pink blankets.
Lucas County coroner's investigator Walt Biegala, who responded to the accident scene, said it was horrific.
"They were just kids, and it tore me apart," he said.
Most of the victims had head and body injuries and some also suffered broken bones. Autopsies are planned for tomorrow.
"I've been doing this for 40 some years with the police department and with the coroners office and this is one of the worst I've seen," he said. "It looked like a bomb blast you see in Iraq on the news."
Police said I-280 south was closed until 3:20 a.m. as they cleaned up the wreckage.
Dr. Allain was one of several motorists on southbound I-280 who called 911 after seeing Mr. Gagnon's pickup truck headed north in the wrong lane.
"The guy was straddling the left two lanes — the fast lane and the middle — and I was in the right lane," Dr. Allain recalled yesterday.
Local support
Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner released a statement yesterday extending his thoughts and prayers to the family of Danny Griffin and reminding people to be safe this holiday season.
"The tragic accident late last night on I-280 should serve as a stark reminder to all citizens to not drink and drive as we wrap up the 2007 holiday season," he said. "The deaths of five people, including four children, need not have happened had one individual had the common sense to not get behind the wheel after he'd been drinking."
An Oregon mother, Connie Koch, 40, and her 6-year-old son Noah were moved by the tragedy that affected the out-of-town family and brought gifts to the hospitalized children yesterday — a remote-control car for Beau and a paint set for Sidney, and coloring books and crayons for both.
Ms. Koch said she talked to a family member who drove to Toledo from Maryland who accepted the care packages from Noah and thanked them for their thoughtfulness.
"Here they are in a city where they don't live with limited family around," Ms. Koch said. "And for them to know they're not going home a whole family. As a mother, I couldn't imagine. And that father, I couldn't imagine being him right now."
Staff writers Laren Weber, Janet Romaker, David Patch, and Ignazio Messina contributed to this report.
Contact Meghan Gilbert at: mgilbert@theblade.com or 419-724-6134.
I-280 FATAL CRASH
Wrong-way driver jailed; man's blood-alcohol was 3 times legal limit
Pickup driver Michael Gagnon, 24, of Adrian was charged with five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.
By MEGHAN GILBERT and JOE VARDON
BLADE STAFF WRITERS
So many people tried to stop him.
The young man at Taco Bell knew he was drunk, and called 911, but couldn't make him stay.
The panicked drivers along southbound I-280 swerved out of the way and used their cell phones to dial 911, amazed that a hulking pickup truck could be going the wrong way on the highway.
But they couldn't stop him.
Within eight minutes, he had killed five members of a family from Maryland, including four children — one of whom was just 8 weeks old.
"The guy might as well have had a loaded gun and shot those people," said Keith Allain, of Oakland Township, Michigan, one of the 911 callers.
Yesterday, the 24-year-old Adrian man — who records show had a blood alcohol level of 0.254 percent, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08 percent — was charged with five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.
Michael Gagnon was being held last night at the Lucas County jail pending an arraignment tomorrow in Toledo Municipal Court.
The fatal accident occurred just before 11 p.m. Sunday on southbound I-280 near the Manhattan Boulevard overpass.
Police said Mr. Gagnon's northbound Ford F-350 collided nearly head-on with a Chevy Astro van being driven south by Danny Griffin, Jr., 36, of Parkville, Md.
Bethany Griffin, 36, Jordan Griffin, 10, Lacie Burkman, 7, and Haley Burkman, 10, were pronounced dead at the scene. Vadie Griffin, 8 weeks old, was taken to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Mr. Griffin was in serious condition yesterday at St. Vincent. Sidney Griffin, 8, was listed in critical condition, and Beau Burkman, 8, was discharged about 4:45 p.m., a hospital spokesman said.
Mr. Gagnon was treated for a jaw injury at St. Vincent. He was taken into custody after being discharged at 4:20 p.m.
The suspect, drunk after a night at an Oregon bar, swung through a Taco Bell on Navarre Avenue, then headed for I-280. But he drove past the ramp to northbound I-280. He drove above the highway on an overpass, then turned right onto the ramp used by southbound traffic exiting I-280 at Navarre.
The fatal crash took place about four miles away on the highway, just south of I-75 in Toledo.
'At 60 miles an hour, you can drive that in about three minutes, and that's all it took for him to kill five people,' Toledo police Deputy Chief Ron Spann said.
Family regret
Chief Spann said Mr. Gagnon was aware the accident caused the deaths, and was uncooperative and belligerent when he spoke with investigators.
He has no previous drunk-driving convictions in Ohio or Michigan.
Samuel Gagnon, 21, Mr. Gagnon's brother, told The Blade last night from his home that "my prayers go out to the family," and declined further comment. The Gagnon brothers work construction together in the Adrian area.
Earlier yesterday Samuel Gagnon told the Baltimore Sun that his brother, wasn't supposed to be driving, but left the Oregon bar they were partying at without warning. He was driving Samuel Gagnon's truck.
"I don't know why he decided to leave," he told the Sun. "Everyone's in shock. We're supposed to be celebrating the New Year, but now I got to look forward to my brother in jail the rest of his life."
Where it started
Mr. Gagnon was believed to have been partying at the Rodeo Bar and Grill, a country music bar that shares a parking lot with the Holiday Inn Express at 3154 Navarre Ave.
Christine Shallal, general manager at the Holiday Inn, said three rooms were registered to Mr. Gagnon and his family for Sunday night. A manager and waitress at Rodeo Bar declined comment.
There were multiple reports that Mr. Gagnon smelled of alcohol, and a search warrant filed in Toledo Municipal Court noted that police observed Mr. Gagnon's speech was slurred, his eyes were glassy, and that he was acting agitated.
Mr. Gagnon also admitted to consuming intoxicants, and one or more liquor containers were found in his vehicle, according to the warrant.
"He's really drunk"
A restaurant employee at the Taco Bell at 2950 Navarre Ave. who identified himself as Jacob called Oregon police at 10:47 p.m.
"Hey, I work at Taco Bell and there's this guy he's driving like a black Ford F 250, it's like a diesel, and he's really drunk," the employee told dispatchers. "We've got him stopped in our parking lot, in our drive-through right now, and I was just wondering if you could send someone over here to either stop him or pick him up."
Oregon police went to the restaurant but just missed Mr. Gagnon.
Toledo police received its first call about Mr. Gagnon driving the wrong way on I-280 at 10:52 p.m. The accident occurred at 10:55 p.m.
The van carrying eight people — including the five who died — was driven by Mr. Griffin, who was returning to Maryland after visiting his father in the Livonia, Mich., area, authorities said. Before that they had been visiting family in the Redford, Mich., area for the holidays.
"Such great people"
Sabrina Hauf, who lives in Parkville — a Baltimore suburb — and has children who attended school with the Burkman children, said in an e-mail to The Blade that "our community is absolutely distraught by this tragedy and losing such great people."
"It is so hard to believe that we will never see them walking through the halls of Carney Elementary again," Ms. Hauf said.
Ms. Hauf described the family as a blended family, in which the Burkman children were from Mrs. Griffin's previous marriage and the older Griffin children belonged to Mr. Griffin.
Bethany and Danny Griffin are "absolutely fantastic parents," said Jason Starin, a family friend from Raleigh, N.C.
Mr. Griffin enjoys playing ice hockey and is a devout Detroit Lions fan, and Ms. Griffin loved the Baltimore Ravens, Mr. Starin said.
"It's just an amazing family and it's going to have to recover," he said.
VIEW: Complete transcripts of 911 calls
HEAR: 911 audio
ALSO ONLINE: Read related story on rare, but deadly, freeway crashes
A horrific scene
It appears that Mr. Griffin and Mr. Gagnon tried to swerve to avoid the collision, but the heavier pickup sheared off the passenger side of the minivan, causing several passengers to be thrown from the vehicle.
Remnants of Christmas wrapping were strewn about the scene, as were toys, stuffed animals, luggage, and baby effects, including a damaged infant seat surrounded by pink blankets.
Lucas County coroner's investigator Walt Biegala, who responded to the accident scene, said it was horrific.
"They were just kids, and it tore me apart," he said.
Most of the victims had head and body injuries and some also suffered broken bones. Autopsies are planned for tomorrow.
"I've been doing this for 40 some years with the police department and with the coroners office and this is one of the worst I've seen," he said. "It looked like a bomb blast you see in Iraq on the news."
Police said I-280 south was closed until 3:20 a.m. as they cleaned up the wreckage.
Dr. Allain was one of several motorists on southbound I-280 who called 911 after seeing Mr. Gagnon's pickup truck headed north in the wrong lane.
"The guy was straddling the left two lanes — the fast lane and the middle — and I was in the right lane," Dr. Allain recalled yesterday.
Local support
Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner released a statement yesterday extending his thoughts and prayers to the family of Danny Griffin and reminding people to be safe this holiday season.
"The tragic accident late last night on I-280 should serve as a stark reminder to all citizens to not drink and drive as we wrap up the 2007 holiday season," he said. "The deaths of five people, including four children, need not have happened had one individual had the common sense to not get behind the wheel after he'd been drinking."
An Oregon mother, Connie Koch, 40, and her 6-year-old son Noah were moved by the tragedy that affected the out-of-town family and brought gifts to the hospitalized children yesterday — a remote-control car for Beau and a paint set for Sidney, and coloring books and crayons for both.
Ms. Koch said she talked to a family member who drove to Toledo from Maryland who accepted the care packages from Noah and thanked them for their thoughtfulness.
"Here they are in a city where they don't live with limited family around," Ms. Koch said. "And for them to know they're not going home a whole family. As a mother, I couldn't imagine. And that father, I couldn't imagine being him right now."
Staff writers Laren Weber, Janet Romaker, David Patch, and Ignazio Messina contributed to this report.
Contact Meghan Gilbert at: mgilbert@theblade.com or 419-724-6134.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Amber Alert for 12 year old California Boy
Amber Alert for 12 Year Old California Boy
Posted: Saturday October 6, 2007: 8:50 PM CDT
The California Highway Patrol issued the Amber Alert on Saturday evening after the child was apparently abducted on Friday in Riverside.
Eric Gibson a 12 year old white male.
The suspect is Nilda Ruth Wery, a forty year old Hispanic female.
The suspect vehicle is a red Jeep Wrangler with California license 4KXT611.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
Posted: Saturday October 6, 2007: 8:50 PM CDT
The California Highway Patrol issued the Amber Alert on Saturday evening after the child was apparently abducted on Friday in Riverside.
Eric Gibson a 12 year old white male.
The suspect is Nilda Ruth Wery, a forty year old Hispanic female.
The suspect vehicle is a red Jeep Wrangler with California license 4KXT611.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Lecture of a lifetime... BRAVO!!!!
Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has terminal cancer and expects to live for just a few more months.
This week, he said goodbye to his students and the Pittsburgh college with one last lecture called "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams," on his life's journey and the lessons he's learned
A beloved professor at Carnegie Mellon, Pausch got a standing ovation from the 400-member audience before he even opened his mouth.
"Make me earn it," he told them.
No Self-Pity
Pausch, a father of three, talked about his battle with pancreatic cancer. "So in case there is anyone in the room who wandered in and didn't know my back story, my dad always said, 'If there is an elephant in the room, introduce him,'" Pausch said in the lecture.
"If you look at my [CT] scan, there are approximately 10 tumors in my liver. The doctors told me I had three to six months of good health left. That was a month ago so you can do the math."
The diagnosis was a grim reality, but Pausch doesn't do grim and he doesn't do self-pity.
"I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion," Pausch told Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America" today. "We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived."
The lecture is filled with jokes.
"We're not going to talk about spirituality and religion. Although I will tell you that I have experienced a deathbed conversion. I just bought a Macintosh. … Now I know I'd get 9 percent of the audience with that," Pausch said.
He also told the audience he was in "phenomenally good health" at the moment and even did a round of one-handed push-ups to prove it.
Patience Rewarded
Pausch said he looked back at family photos and saw that when he was a kid, he was smiling in every picture.
"So what were my childhood dreams? You may not agree with this list, but I was there. Being in zero gravity, playing in the National Football League, authoring an article in the World Book Encyclopedia. I guess you can tell the nerds early," he said in the lecture.
**** I think this is a video that everyone needs to watch....What a love this man has for his children and how sad that his 3 children will only have pictures and videos to remember their dad with******
This week, he said goodbye to his students and the Pittsburgh college with one last lecture called "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams," on his life's journey and the lessons he's learned
A beloved professor at Carnegie Mellon, Pausch got a standing ovation from the 400-member audience before he even opened his mouth.
"Make me earn it," he told them.
No Self-Pity
Pausch, a father of three, talked about his battle with pancreatic cancer. "So in case there is anyone in the room who wandered in and didn't know my back story, my dad always said, 'If there is an elephant in the room, introduce him,'" Pausch said in the lecture.
"If you look at my [CT] scan, there are approximately 10 tumors in my liver. The doctors told me I had three to six months of good health left. That was a month ago so you can do the math."
The diagnosis was a grim reality, but Pausch doesn't do grim and he doesn't do self-pity.
"I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion," Pausch told Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America" today. "We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived."
The lecture is filled with jokes.
"We're not going to talk about spirituality and religion. Although I will tell you that I have experienced a deathbed conversion. I just bought a Macintosh. … Now I know I'd get 9 percent of the audience with that," Pausch said.
He also told the audience he was in "phenomenally good health" at the moment and even did a round of one-handed push-ups to prove it.
Patience Rewarded
Pausch said he looked back at family photos and saw that when he was a kid, he was smiling in every picture.
"So what were my childhood dreams? You may not agree with this list, but I was there. Being in zero gravity, playing in the National Football League, authoring an article in the World Book Encyclopedia. I guess you can tell the nerds early," he said in the lecture.
**** I think this is a video that everyone needs to watch....What a love this man has for his children and how sad that his 3 children will only have pictures and videos to remember their dad with******
Saying Goodbye to Sean and his son
As many as 700 mourners crowded into a Catholic church community hall in Sacramento Thursday for a mass celebrating the lives of a father and his infant son murdered in a suspected home invasion.
But for family and friends of Sean Aquitania, 21, and 7-month-old Sean Jr., the sadness is mixed with anger and frustration. Sacramento sheriff's detectives say they have very few leads to find the two suspects from last Friday's killings.
"As much support as we've seen from the community, it's been very touching for us," said Aimee Aquitania, the victim's cousin, "but it's also been somewhat frustrating that we can see so much love from the community and yet there are still people out there who know more."
Detectives say Aquitania seems to have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time, visiting friends in south Sacramento. When he drove up, two men pulled him into the house where three others live. Aquitania was shot twice, and as the gunmen left, they shot his young son execution-style as he still sat in his car seat.
The services at St. Rose Church on Franklin Boulevard south of Fruitridge were held in the nearby Kavanagh Community Center, the only place large enough to hold the mourners. Outside the doors stood a California Department of Corrections honor guard.
Sean Aquitania's father is a state correctional officer, and the victim had aspirations to become a correctional officer himself.
"We're angry, we're frustrated. A big question is why? How could this happen," said Aimee Aquitania.
After the services, pallbearers escorted the large silver casket. The slain father and son are being buried together. Several limousines led the long procession to the burial service.
"I think the only comfort will come when justice is served," said the cousin. "Nothing will take away the pain of losing them but giving us some comfort will be closure to this case."
But for family and friends of Sean Aquitania, 21, and 7-month-old Sean Jr., the sadness is mixed with anger and frustration. Sacramento sheriff's detectives say they have very few leads to find the two suspects from last Friday's killings.
"As much support as we've seen from the community, it's been very touching for us," said Aimee Aquitania, the victim's cousin, "but it's also been somewhat frustrating that we can see so much love from the community and yet there are still people out there who know more."
Detectives say Aquitania seems to have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time, visiting friends in south Sacramento. When he drove up, two men pulled him into the house where three others live. Aquitania was shot twice, and as the gunmen left, they shot his young son execution-style as he still sat in his car seat.
The services at St. Rose Church on Franklin Boulevard south of Fruitridge were held in the nearby Kavanagh Community Center, the only place large enough to hold the mourners. Outside the doors stood a California Department of Corrections honor guard.
Sean Aquitania's father is a state correctional officer, and the victim had aspirations to become a correctional officer himself.
"We're angry, we're frustrated. A big question is why? How could this happen," said Aimee Aquitania.
After the services, pallbearers escorted the large silver casket. The slain father and son are being buried together. Several limousines led the long procession to the burial service.
"I think the only comfort will come when justice is served," said the cousin. "Nothing will take away the pain of losing them but giving us some comfort will be closure to this case."
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Parenting
We all have our own ways of taking care of our children however you would think that there are just some things that are universal..lol
such as: 1)you do not let your 5 year old play in the street
2) you do have to feed them sooner or later
3) leading by a good example
I am just flabbergasted at the things I see everyday. Parents who just let the children ru nthe house, when the children do something wrong the parents laugh(like stealing and shoplifting)But then the parents want you to understand it is not their fault the child is just bad..(bull)
Then you see the parents doing the same thing that their children were doing and they say nothing is wrong with it... PLEASE they need HELP./
I am trying to distance myself from alot of this people and I am doing a goodjob so far and my children are also doing a good job.
Please people if you have children they are going to do the same thing that they see you doing so leand and show them the legal way of doing things..
such as: 1)you do not let your 5 year old play in the street
2) you do have to feed them sooner or later
3) leading by a good example
I am just flabbergasted at the things I see everyday. Parents who just let the children ru nthe house, when the children do something wrong the parents laugh(like stealing and shoplifting)But then the parents want you to understand it is not their fault the child is just bad..(bull)
Then you see the parents doing the same thing that their children were doing and they say nothing is wrong with it... PLEASE they need HELP./
I am trying to distance myself from alot of this people and I am doing a goodjob so far and my children are also doing a good job.
Please people if you have children they are going to do the same thing that they see you doing so leand and show them the legal way of doing things..
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