For the past 10 nights, Carlos Aguilera Jr. has visited the country wherever his younger member died.
On the roadside of North Oso Blanca Road, conscionable northbound of West Montecito Pointe Drive successful the northwest valley, helium sits wherever a hit-and-run near his brother, Ivan Aguilera, 28, dead. Aguilera’s assemblage was discovered connected June 5, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
It’s that now-familiar roadside wherever Aguilera Jr. and astir a twelve of his household members gathered Monday nighttime again astir candlelight to retrieve the brother, son, uncle and nephew that they lost.
“I conscionable can’t outcry anymore. There’s nary much tears coming down from my eyes,” said Carlos Aguilera, Ivan’s father. “There’s thing other I tin do. My lad is not coming back. I conscionable consciousness empty.”
As household has flown to Las Vegas from arsenic acold arsenic California and Texas to grieve Aguilera, constabulary person yet to apprehension anyone for his death.
Police person said a Ram pickup struck Aguilera portion helium was riding a skateboard, but confirmed Monday the probe into who deed him is ongoing.
Family mourns ‘Bigfoot’ uncle, skateboarder
Kevin Lagunas, Ivan Aguilera’s cousin, described his relative arsenic a reliable person who helium could autumn backmost connected successful hard times.
Aguilera, nicknamed Bigfoot for his gangly stature, was besides an astonishing marque caller uncle, Lagunas said. He was anxious to walk clip with his brother’s son, who was born astatine the commencement of this year.
Lagunas said helium learned of Aguilera’s decease portion retired of municipality for enactment successful Phoenix. He made the 4.5-hour thrust backmost to Las Vegas, not afloat believing Aguilera was genuinely gone.
“I cried a lot” successful the days aft Aguilera’s death, Lagunas said. “I couldn’t devour for similar 3 days. I had to unit myself to eat. It was hard.”
Aguilera Jr. said helium has spent implicit $30,000 since his small brother’s passing connected ceremonial services, arsenic good arsenic signage adjacent the country calling for justness for Aguilera. One motion reads successful portion “withholding accusation makes you conscionable arsenic blameworthy arsenic the driver.”
A GoFundMe created by Aguilera Jr. has raised conscionable implicit $4,000 since Aguilera’s death.
Still, Aguilera Jr. said he’s offering a $10,000 reward to anyone with accusation astir the operator who killed his brother.
“It does suck not being capable to get immoderate answers,” Aguilera Jr. said. “I conscionable privation justness for my brother.”
Lagunas said helium believes Ivan Aguilera could person lived if the operator had called exigency services alternatively of fleeing the scene. Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center is simply a specified 5-minute thrust distant from the tract wherever Aguilera died.
With nary apprehension made, Carlos Aguilera said helium is stuck betwixt the fulfillment helium feels erstwhile mourning his lad with household and the emptiness that comes with a deficiency of closure astir who killed his son.
“Show your face,” helium urged the operator who struck his son. “Sooner oregon later, he’s gonna wage for it. There’s nary mode out.”
Contact Spencer Levering astatine slevering@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-0253.
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