In the summer of 2015, the life of 18-year-old Hispanic Maria Guadalupe Cruz-Calvillo was tragically cut short in what would become a harrowing case of intimate partner violence. On July 2nd, she and her 3-year-old son, Luis Fernando Lopez Cruz, were found dead inside a burning car in a remote ravine near Connell, Washington. The gruesome discovery was made by volunteer firefighters who were initially responding to a report of a vehicle fire. It was soon revealed that both Maria and her young so
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