Single mother who was murdered by ex-husband has changed the way shelter operates
By CORINNE REILLY
creilly@mercedsun-star.com
Photo provided courtesy of A Woman's Place
Elida Rodriguez holds her 2-month-old daughter, Jasmine. This photo was taken in October of 1999, two months before Elida's murder, at a safehouse for victims of domestic violence.
Excerpt from a 911 call made to the Merced Police Department, Dec. 4, 1999: "There's somebody at my house that won't leave and he has a gun. He's standing outside and he's trying to get back in. He's breaking the window right now ... His name is Lucio Rivera ... He's trying to open the door. Oh my God. He's in my room.
He's coming in. He's coming in. Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Stop! Lucio, stop! ... Oh my God. He just shot it. He just shot the gun ... (screams, then silence) ... He shot her! He shot her! Oh my God! He shot her!"
Investigation of Riverside Motorsports Park CEO reveals two bankruptcies, errors and exaggerations on his Web biography
By CORINNE REILLY
creilly@mercedsun-star.com
Riverside Motorsports Park CEO John Condren has billed himself as a skilled corporate executive and entrepreneur who has successfully launched, managed and sold companies across the country and around the world.
But a Sun-Star investigation into Condren's professional past has revealed another picture of the businessman who has promised to build a quarter-billion-dollar racetrack complex that could change the face of Merced County. It's marked by bankruptcies, failed businesses and unpaid debts.
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