The passenger in the vehicle of the car that hit and killed Bachan and injured Garfinkle was arrested at the Mexican-American border last week. Josue Luna, 32, of Los Angeles is believed to have pulled Garfinkle's body off the windshield of the car his wife, Claudia Cabrera, was driving. (Click on the link for Luna's account of what happened the night of the accident.)
Luna fled to Mexico shortly after the accident but told reporters that he wanted to come back to deal with the situation and to see his family. He is being considered an accessory to the hit-and-run but was released the day after his arrest on $50,000 bail.
Cabrera, his wife...
- remains in jail on a $1 million bail
- pleaded not guilty to charges of a felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter
- was driving with a suspended license, police said
- could face up to eight years in prison if convicted
THE BACHAN FAMILY RESPONDS
I spoke with Adrianna Bachan's mother, Carmen, a few days after the arrest to get her reaction to the news that the passenger in the car that struck and killed her daughter was walking free until his court hearing next month.
Click below for a phone interview I conducted with Bachan who was at her home in Santa Barbara. The photos are a compilation of different photographs taken by myself, journalists who covered the story as well as students who participated in the various vigils and press conferences.
(Photo sources: The LA Times, The Daily Trojan, Monica Alba)
LINKS
Fore more coverage on this story, check out:
http://www.atvn.org/
http://www.dailytrojan.com/
http://www.latimes.com/
http://www.knbc.com/
For sites dedicated to Bachan's memory, go to:
http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/group.php?sid=5ead9094d0b2dbd5d341e0106c79c9e1&gid=62243392907&ref=search
http://www.santabarbara.com/adrianna/
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