Breaking Editor's Pick
On Feb. 7, Linda Becerra Moran contacted the Los Angeles Police Department in a phone call where she reported that she was being held against …
From
To
Erika Gonzalez shows a photo of Angel Gonzalez standing in the sand on Venice Beach. The photo was taken the last time they went to the beach …
Gonzalez flips through the end of the photobook after going through all the photos of Angel and Yesli. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)
A satchel with “Forever In Our Hearts Yesli and Angel” written on it sits at the back of the altar. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)
Angel grins while wearing a cowboy hat with his red Ferrari cake at his last birthday party. (Photo courtesy of Maria Velazquez)
A collection of photos showing Gonzalez pointing at various photos of Yesli and Angel. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)
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)
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.
