More than three years after a younger couple’s wedding ceremony day changed into a nightmare, the boys accountable are lastly being held accountable.
As we reported on the time, again on December 14, 2019, Joe Melgoza and his spouse, Esther, celebrated saying “I do” at a yard reception after their Chino, California wedding ceremony ceremony. The social gathering, held at a member of the family’s home, went on till the wee hours of the next morning, when brothers Rony and Josue Castaneda Ramirez, 31 and 22 respectively, arrived unannounced. Soon after, the celebration turned violent, and tragically, Joe was crushed to loss of life, in keeping with KTLA. Immediately after, the marriage crashers had been arrested and an investigation was opened. Now, we lastly have some agency solutions.
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In a Tuesday press launch, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office gave some extra context as to what precisely went down that fateful evening:
“Although the Castaneda brothers did not have any apparent connection to the wedding party, they lived nearby and likely heard the festivities and went to the reception, uninvited. At the reception, the brothers were seen socializing, dancing and taking photos with female guests. At the end of the wedding reception the brothers left, only to return unbeknownst to the victim and his family, armed with baseball bats.”
Oh no. They deliberate the assault and got here again?? The assertion continued:
“When the Castaneda brothers returned, they did so on a trail behind the house where the reception was held. Standing in the dark behind a fence they made antagonizing statements to Melgoza to jump over the fence to their side. Once Melgoza and his family jumped the fence, the brothers began hitting them all with bats and fists. A family member was able to pull a bat from one of the Castaneda brothers who ran into an unrelated residence. They were followed by Melgoza, who ran into the yard unarmed.”
Why, why did they take the bait? Oof.
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CPD then started investigating the brothers, who denied being on the ceremony. However, in keeping with the press launch, once they had been arrested, Josue was discovered with a “photobooth photo of both brothers with one of the female guests from the reception” in his entrance pocket. Apparently, Snapchat data additionally performed a task in serving to establish the brothers.
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On February 9, the brothers had been discovered responsible of second diploma homicide, and convicted of assault with a lethal weapon.
We can’t even start to think about how troublesome this has all been for Joe’s family members he left behind, together with his spouse and daughter, Lilly, who’s now being taken care of by his household, in keeping with a GoFundMe. However, we hope this justice will assist all of them to start the therapeutic course of.
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[Images via Alice Alvarez/GoFundMe & Chino Police Department]
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