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Man Runs Over Girlfriend in a Deadly Assault Case

January 31st, 2008

In a city where it takes a lot to raise eyebrows, this is one incident that has cops baffled. Drunken fights between lovers? A dime a dozen. People being run over by a car? Happens all the time. Fighting, being run over by a car and then being dragged back into the car to join the lunatic driver for a joyride? Not so common, actually. In fact, that’s a deadly assault!

Yet, this is what happened in the case of Carlos Gutierrez, an incident that has police officers wonder at the logic behind it all.

After a round of drinks at a club, Carlos Gutierrez picked a fight with his girlfriend and his uncle. They got out of his car and walked away, and he threatened that he would run them down. The 37-year-old woman and Carlos’ uncle probably thought he didn’t mean it, but they were wrong. Carlos plowed his Honda Prelude into the pair, injuring them severely.

Next he did something that takes this case from just another night in Los Angeles, California to weird territory.

According to the Los Angeles Times, He picked up both his injured victims and sat them back in the car. Yolanda was severely wounded and Carlos’ uncle had a shattered leg. He drove with his two victims to a gas station in Pacific Palisades, where he alighted to pump gas. At this point, his uncle managed to force his way out of the car and screamed for help, which is when this bizarre farce was brought to an end.

It was too late for Yolanda, however. She died in the car… from deadly assault.

And there’s another twist in the tale. According to the cops, neither Gutierrez nor his uncle remember where the running down by the car occurred! How drunk would a person have to be to forget the spot where he managed to mow down his girlfriend?

Like we said at the beginning, it takes a lot to shock anyone in LA, but this incident definitely has potential.

If you have a loved-one who was the victim of a deadly assault or wrongful death, you need the help of an experienced California personal injury law firm. Contact a lawyer at The Reeves Law Group for a free consultation.

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