On November 22, 2022, Jennifer Besser, Matthew Chachere and their dog Buddy were struck and killed by a vehicle speeding 60 miles per hour down Sacramento Drive in San Luis Obispo.

The driver, Daniel Saliganpatricio, was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to 5 years and 4 months in prison, but now he faces early release.

“The whole story of Matt and Jen and Buddy, it's so obscene and absurd that, how could this actually happen?" said Matthew's sister, Nicole Chachere.

At the time of the collision, responding police officers didn’t realize Saliganpatricio had hit anyone. The couple’s bodies were found under heavy brush two days later, after family members reported them missing.

“These are our kids, and yet they act like this is not something that we should have input into

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