Three memorials were vandalized along Broadway and Country Club Lane. NBC 7 San Diego spoke with two families who are devastated and heartbroken that someone would do this to their loved one’s memorial.
Norma Tapia and her husband visit their son’s memorial about every three days.
It’s filled with baseballs, flowers, a cross, and items that keep their son’s spirit alive.
“My son’s spirit left here. It was his last breath,” Tapia said.
Their 13-year-old son, Rodrigo Tapia Jr., better known as “Junior”, was killed last April when the driver of the car he was travelling in ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle.
Police later determined that driver, Alexander Tito Oroz, was driving under the influence.
When Norma and her husband visited their son’s memorial today, they were dev