BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Just over a month after 8-year-old Xxavien Hernandez was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver, his family says the pain continues to weigh heavily on their lives.

A memorial along East California Avenue and Haley Street marks the spot where Hernandez was hit while getting lunch with his father on Nov. 3. Photos, flowers and candles line the sidewalk — a place his mother, Stephanie Soerjono, says has become sacred for relatives seeking closeness to her son.

“My baby was so little, and he’s already gone,” she said. “I’m never going to get another birthday or another Christmas, and this is what I have. This is it.”

Soerjono said that heartbreak deepened recently when she arrived to find the memorial disturbed — picture frames broken, items knocked over

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