ERIKA GONZALEZ shares memories and lessons of murdered daughter, grandson
The teddy bear that Angel got for his mom for mothers day rests on the nightstand next to his mothers bed. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)
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Gonzalez’ grandson, Angel Gonzalez, died earlier this year, on June 5th, along with his 23-year-old mother, Yesli Velazquez Gonzalez. Los Angeles Sheriff’s suspect Yesli’s boyfriend of a year and a half, Rigoberto Covarrubias, to be the primary suspect. The deaths have left her mom and his grandmother with a house filled with mementos and two empty chairs at the dinner table. Domestic violence affects one in three women in California and accounts for 20 percent of all violent crimes in the state.
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