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Police: Dad purposely drove into LA home; 2 dead
Girlfriend, baby killed when man plows into house
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Next-door neighbors grieve for a 19-year-old woman and her 10-day-old baby who were killed
when a man allegedly drove his car into their Boyle Heights house on Halloween. |
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Police: Dad purposely drove into LA home; 2 dead
Girlfriend, baby killed when man plows into house
by Stephen Ceasar and Robert Faturechi
Los Angeles Times
November 2, 2010
Police say Eduardo Villarreal, 21, intentionally drove into the Boyle Heights house on Halloween. His girlfriend, 19, was killed instantly and their 10-day-old daughter later died at a hospital.
A family gathering in Boyle Heights on Halloween ended in tragedy when a man plowed his Cadillac Escalade through a home, killing his girlfriend and their newborn baby, police said.
Villarreal allegedly jumped a curb and drove through a chain-link fence and into the home. His girlfriend, who was on the other side of the stucco wall, was killed instantly.
Their 10-day-old daughter was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. |
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A third person at the home was injured in the crash, which occurred just before midnight.
Police said Villarreal intentionally drove into the house, and they arrested him at the scene on suspicion of murder, said Los Angeles Police Officer Bruce Borihanh.
The home is in the 2700 block of Cincinnati Street near Cesar Chavez Avenue.
Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said at a news conference Monday that 21-year-old Eduardo Villareal had purposely driven his Cadillac Escalade into the Boyle Heights bedroom where the baby and her 19-year-old mother were sleeping late Sunday night.
Detectives say Villareal had an argument with his girlfriend minutes before the crash and threatened to kill himself and the baby.
But Villareal later told police that he was only trying to kill himself when he drove into the house.
Police say the suspect is being treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Detectives were investigating Villarreal's motive. Borihanh said he did not know if the suspect was intoxicated at the time of the incident.
The victims' names were not released by police.
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