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Joseph Ortega, aged 80, was one of the victims of the tragic Covina massacre that occurred on December 24, 2008, in Covina, California. This horrific event unfolded on Christmas Eve when Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, dressed in a Santa Claus suit, entered the home of his former in-laws, the Ortega family, and carried out a brutal attack. Pardo, armed with multiple handguns and a homemade flamethrower, began his assault by shooting at the party-goers and then setting the house on fire using racing fuel. T ...Read More
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Joseph Ortega
Covina
CA
2008-12-24
80
Joseph
Ortega
11/09/2025
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I've been thinking a lot about how Joseph Ortega was known as the family patriarch and what an impac... ...Read More
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I recently stumbled upon some information about Joseph Ortega's background, which I found quite poig... ...Read More
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