Kwaze kwaba ngakusasa ekuseni, ngemva kwengozi, lapho umndeni kaBertha Lazcano wathola khona ukuthi kwenzekeni kunina nomkabo.
Umama oneminyaka engu-58 onezingane ezine nogogo wezingane ezimbili wayeshayela eya ekhaya ngo-US 290 kusihlwa sangoSepthemba 11 lapho iloli elaliseceleni kwakhe lishayisa umngcele wokwakha. Iveni yahamba emoyeni yawela phezu kweToyota RAV4 kaLazcano, yambulala khona manjalo.
“Esinye sezimo ezibangela ukungabaza okukhulu kulesi sivumelwano ukuthi lo mndeni awuzange uthole ngisho nokuthi ulahlekelwe nguyise womndeni wawo kwaze kwaba sentathakusa ngakusasa,” kusho ummeli womndeni, John Ramsey. "Lokho kwakungemva kwamahora amaningi [umshayeli] evunyelwe ukuya ekhaya ayolala embhedeni wakhe ngalobo busuku."
Umshayeli kwakungu-Orlando Reyna oneminyaka engu-40 ubudala, uthishanhloko eMadison High School eHouston ISD, manje obhekene necala lokufa ngokungemthetho elifakwe umndeni kaLazcano.
UReyna utshele amaphoyisa ngalobo busuku ukuthi wayeshayela eya ekhaya esuka eBrick House Tavern ngomzila wesobunxele ngesikhathi efika emngceleni - uhlobo oluseceleni kwendlela yokuphuma esetshenziswa yizimoto zokwakha kuphela ukufika endaweni yokwakha ngaphakathi komgwaqo ophakathi. UReyna wenqaba ukuhlolwa kweBreathalyzer lapho amaphoyisa efika, ngokusho kwecala. UChris Tritico, omele uReyna kunoma yimaphi amacala obugebengu angaba khona, uthe umsizi wommeli wesifunda unqume ukuthi asikho isizathu esanele sokuba amaphoyisa ayalele ukuba kukhishwe igazi, ngoba uReyna wayengabonakali ekhombisa izimpawu zokudakwa. Ngakho-ke wayekhululekile ukuhamba.
Ebuzwa ngokulandisa kukaReyna ngokwakhe mayelana nokuthi ingozi yenzeke kanjani kwasekuqaleni, uTritico uthe uReyna akanalo nhlobo inkumbulo yokuthi yenzeke kanjani ngoba walimala ekhanda.
Abameli bathi uphenyo lwamaphoyisa luyaqhubeka futhi akucaci okwamanje ukuthi uReyna uzobhekana nani ngengozi. Yingakho uRamsey athi umndeni kaLazcano wanquma ukufaka icala - ukuze azizwe evalelekile. Kuyo yonke impilo yakhe, uLazcano nomyeni wakhe babenenkonzo yokulethwa kwezimpahla zebhizinisi futhi yena wayengumshayeli weloli. Wayenesitolo sakhe sokudlela. Wayeyi-ejenti yokuhamba. Futhi ngenxa yomsebenzi onzima, wafaka izingane ezimbili ekolishi, kanti ezincane ezimbili, ezineminyaka engu-19 nengu-23, zabhalisa ekolishi ngesikhathi eshona.
“Wayeyinhliziyo nomphefumulo walo mndeni,” kusho uRamsey, “ngakho lo mndeni ubhekane nenhlekelele engachazeki. Angicabangi ukuthi bazokwazi ukugcwalisa isikhala sikaNkk. Lazcano sokubashiya maduze kangaka.”
Landela lokhu isixhumanisi ukuze ufunde kabanzi.
