Racial Overtones May Be Cause For Man's Killing
The Under Dog for Kids | By Diana L. Chapman
Carl Valverde Jr. enjoying time with his 5-year-old daughter Destinee before he was killed.
Violent Homicide of Yet Another Young San Pedro Man Ends Up Saving Many Other Lives; Los Angeles Police Want His Killer and His Family and Friends Want Justice
He was the kind of kid most of us in the more affluent enclave of San Pedro don't want to know about. He did drugs. Had two children, one when he was 14, the other at 19. He moved from house to house many times because he didn't want to work or follow his mother's "tough love" rules after she made herself a better life and remarried.
He was estranged from his biological father, who is currently in jail. His mother, Angela Perez, knows the exact day she first lost her 19-year-old son, Carl Valverde Jr. He was 11-years-old. His toddler brother, Robert, 3, had pulled balloons out of Carl's pocket and began chewing on them.
When they both yelped asking what he had, Robert gasped, inhaled, and Carl watched his baby brother choke to death in front of him. He never forgave himself, his mother said. After that, she knew he was lost because she too was lost, swimming in her own grief and addictions. Carl became angry and began to engage in drug usage. He quit going to school and was speeding downhill fast.
His whole world was defined by the moment his brother died. And the story was well known to those close to him.
But it appeared he was getting better when he fell in love, family and friends say. He had met a girl from elementary school, Samantha Milner, 18, and his life arrived at a turning point. Once the twosome celebrated the arrival of their cooing, happy hazel-colored eyed baby, not surprisingly named Robert, he vowed to change and enrolled in a recovery program. It was as though a light of responsibility finally flicked on but it would quickly be snuffed out.
Instead, the young man, nicknamed the "Beast" for his football player size, was fatally shot and killed in an unprovoked attack as the couple strolled home on Halloween night, possibly falling victim to African-American gang members. No matter what Carl has done, he didn't deserve to die, LAPD detectives said.
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Carl Valverde Jr. enjoying time with his 5-year-old daughter Destinee before he was killed.
Violent Homicide of Yet Another Young San Pedro Man Ends Up Saving Many Other Lives; Los Angeles Police Want His Killer and His Family and Friends Want Justice
He was the kind of kid most of us in the more affluent enclave of San Pedro don't want to know about. He did drugs. Had two children, one when he was 14, the other at 19. He moved from house to house many times because he didn't want to work or follow his mother's "tough love" rules after she made herself a better life and remarried.
He was estranged from his biological father, who is currently in jail. His mother, Angela Perez, knows the exact day she first lost her 19-year-old son, Carl Valverde Jr. He was 11-years-old. His toddler brother, Robert, 3, had pulled balloons out of Carl's pocket and began chewing on them.
When they both yelped asking what he had, Robert gasped, inhaled, and Carl watched his baby brother choke to death in front of him. He never forgave himself, his mother said. After that, she knew he was lost because she too was lost, swimming in her own grief and addictions. Carl became angry and began to engage in drug usage. He quit going to school and was speeding downhill fast.
His whole world was defined by the moment his brother died. And the story was well known to those close to him.
But it appeared he was getting better when he fell in love, family and friends say. He had met a girl from elementary school, Samantha Milner, 18, and his life arrived at a turning point. Once the twosome celebrated the arrival of their cooing, happy hazel-colored eyed baby, not surprisingly named Robert, he vowed to change and enrolled in a recovery program. It was as though a light of responsibility finally flicked on but it would quickly be snuffed out.
Instead, the young man, nicknamed the "Beast" for his football player size, was fatally shot and killed in an unprovoked attack as the couple strolled home on Halloween night, possibly falling victim to African-American gang members. No matter what Carl has done, he didn't deserve to die, LAPD detectives said.
Continue reading
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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