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Sep 24 3:22 pm
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Community paints mural to honor family killed by drunk driver at Los Cerritos Park

Fernando Haro Garcia

The Awaida family was well known for their giving nature and selfless volunteer work before a young driver hit and killed them while they walked home on Halloween 2019.

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Sep 15 11:50 am
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‘I’m truly sorry.’ After apology, man gets 25 to life for killing family of 3 in Halloween crash

Jeremiah Dobruck

Carlo Navarro, 23, was convicted of murder for crashing into Joseph Awaida, Raihan Dakhil and their son Omar as they walked past Los Cerritos Park on Halloween night in 2019.

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Jul 13 4:48 pm
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Store owner admits to providing liquor that led to 3 deaths, gets lifetime ban on alcohol sales

Jeremiah Dobruck

The liquor store owner also admitted she conspired with her daughter to open a new location after state regulators pulled her previous license for criminal behavior.

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Jul 5 12:32 pm
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Man, 23, found guilty of murder in Halloween crash that killed family of 3

Jeremiah Dobruck

Carlo Adrian Navarro, who was 20 at the time of the crash, could be sentenced to a maximum of 45 years to life in prison.

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Jul 1 4:27 pm
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Murder or stupid mistake? Lawyers make final case in Halloween crash that killed family

Jeremiah Dobruck

The horrors of the crash and the fact that 20-year-old Carlo Navarro was behind the wheel were never in dispute at trial. His mindset is the key question for jurors.

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Jun 23 3:19 pm
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A driver admits he drank before killing a family; now a jury must say if it’s murder

Jeremiah Dobruck

Trial began Thursday for Carlo Navarro, the underage driver accused of crashing into 3-year-old Omar Awaida and his parents while they walked home from trick-or-treating in 2019.

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Jun 21 12:32 pm
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Judge tells triple-murder suspect to consider plea deal in DUI case, but trial appears imminent

Jeremiah Dobruck

A jury will now have to decide whether the 20-year-old driver committed murder when he ran over a 3-year-old boy and his parents while they trick-or-treated.

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May 25 4:02 pm
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Judge says authorities didn’t violate rights of suspect in Halloween crash that killed 3

Jeremiah Dobruck

A defense attorney accused the Long Beach city prosecutor of delaying a court hearing in a high-profile drunken driving case, giving investigators more time to interview the suspect, but a judge said authorities did nothing improper.

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Jan 14 2021 3:08 pm
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Murder case can proceed against driver accused of drunkenly killing Awaida family on Halloween

Jeremiah Dobruck

A young man accused of killing three people as he drunkenly sped through a neighborhood filled with trick-or-treaters appears to have acted so recklessly that he may have committed murder, a Long Beach Superior Court Judge ruled Thursday.

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Nov 1 2020 7:56 pm
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Life after death: Family’s roots live on through newly planted trees a year after Halloween crash

Crystal Niebla

On a serene Sunday evening at Los Cerritos Park, candles, altars and three new trees honored a family of whose lives were lost in a tragic crash last year on Halloween.

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