As Obdulia Sanchez sits in jail in connection with a July wreck that left her younger sister dead — an incident she live-streamed — her family grieves the loss of two children, the teen’s defense attorney tells People.
“The family, they are supporting Obdulia,” says her court-appointed lawyer, Ramnik Samrao.
“They know it was an accident,” he says. “But they have lost two daughters now, that’s very hard to deal with. They just want her to come home.”
Sanchez, 18, is accused of drunkenly crashing her car into a field near Los Banos, California, on July 21, killing her 14-year-old sister, Jacqueline Sanchez,...
“The family, they are supporting Obdulia,” says her court-appointed lawyer, Ramnik Samrao.
“They know it was an accident,” he says. “But they have lost two daughters now, that’s very hard to deal with. They just want her to come home.”
Sanchez, 18, is accused of drunkenly crashing her car into a field near Los Banos, California, on July 21, killing her 14-year-old sister, Jacqueline Sanchez,...
- 8/24/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
A California teen who live-streamed her alleged drunken crash in a field last week, which killed her little sister and injured another passenger, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, People confirms.
Obdulia Sanchez, 18, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Merced County, California, court records show. She is charged with multiple felonies in connection with a wreck Friday night that left her 14-year-old sister, Jacqueline Sanchez, dead.
According to prosecutors, the counts against Obdulia include one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, an alternative count of gross vehicular manslaughter, two counts of driving under the influence resulting in injury and two counts...
Obdulia Sanchez, 18, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Merced County, California, court records show. She is charged with multiple felonies in connection with a wreck Friday night that left her 14-year-old sister, Jacqueline Sanchez, dead.
According to prosecutors, the counts against Obdulia include one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, an alternative count of gross vehicular manslaughter, two counts of driving under the influence resulting in injury and two counts...
- 7/26/2017
- by Adam Carlson and KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
The sun was still shining brightly in California early Friday evening when Manuela Seja and her girlfriend, Jacqueline Sanchez, sat side-by-side in the backseat of a 2003 Buick as Obdulia Sanchez, Jacqueline’s big sister, drove the young couple back to her family’s house in Stockton — just before their lives were torn apart.
As Seja later described to local TV station Kgo and other outlets, she and Jacqueline had met seven months earlier.
“She wasn’t like everybody else,” Seja told the station. “She was just funny and she would be funny. She didn’t even need to try.”
Jacqueline...
As Seja later described to local TV station Kgo and other outlets, she and Jacqueline had met seven months earlier.
“She wasn’t like everybody else,” Seja told the station. “She was just funny and she would be funny. She didn’t even need to try.”
Jacqueline...
- 7/26/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
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