Family remembers homicide victims found in burned car in Indio
Family members of two brothers are in mourning. They are sharing their plea for answers after they say their loved ones were found dead inside a burned vehicle Friday morning. Indio Police are investigating the case as a double homicide.
You can read more on that story here Indio Police investigate double homicide after bodies found in burned vehicle.
Ben Guitron with the Indio Police Department says the two victims have not yet been identified by the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner's Bureau.
The two victims were found on Power Line Road, west of Dillon Road and Fargo Canyon Road. The family we are speaking to says they have identified the victims.
Erica Ramirez is the aunt of the two young men they say are the victims, and she is trying to help her family get answers as to what happened.
"It's just hard. We're still waiting for that knock on the door to say, 'Hey, this was all a misunderstanding. I'm sorry. I was a miscommunication, but we're here.' We just know that's not gonna happen. And we just want the public to know that they were great kids, and I'm sure a lot of them do know, because they were born and raised here in the Coachella Valley. They went to local schools here," says Ramirez.
Indio Police are still conducting an ongoing Homicide investigation in conjunction with the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner's Bureau.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Detective Ryan Kitchens at 760-391-4181 or to report anonymous information, call Valley Crime Stoppers at 760-341-STOP.
You can also find more details on the family's gofundme page here gofundme.com/f/abelardo-and-cj