CO-Trial begins for illegal alien,killing toddler,two others

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Trial begins for illegal alien accused of killing Colorado toddler and two others
February 8, 10:53 PM

Dave Gibson

AP-Illegal alien Francis Hernandez is on trial this week in Arapahoe County District Court for an automobile crash that resulted in the deaths of three people, including a 3-year-old boy.

Francis Hernandez, faces a total of 19 charges, including vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an accident involving death, and child abuse resulting in death.

On September 10, 2008, the parents of 3-year-old Marten Kudlis buried their son at Fairmount Cemetery, a few days earlier, he was killed while waiting for his ice cream in an Aurora Baskin and Robbins.

An SUV speeding through the intersection of Havana and Mississippi, with Guatemalan national Francis Hernandez at the wheel, slammed into a pickup truck, which was then pushed into the ice cream shop´s window. The toddler was sitting at a table in front of that window, and was sent flying as the truck came crashing through it.

Police say that Hernandez was traveling at a speed of at least 70 mph.

After the crash, police say Hernandez jumped from his Chevy Suburban and fled the scene. He was later apprehended without incident.

Marten was taken to the hospital, but died a short time later due to massive internal injuries.

The two women in the pickup truck struck by Hernandez were Patricia Guntharp, 49, and Debra Serecky, 51. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.

KMGH of Denver covered the child´s funeral and reported that the first song heard during the service was Eric Clapton´s "Tears in Heaven."

In a heart wrenching display of grief and anger, Marten´s mother Marat Kudlis shouted: “That bastard!,” referring to the illegal alien believed responsible for killing her son. Between the tears, Marten´s father cried out: “I really loved him.”

The rabbi conducting the service told the heartbroken family and friends: “This burden feels like more than we can bear because it is so sudden. It´s a parent´s worst nightmare. It does not seem fair and it is not fair to lose someone so young.”

A teddy bear was placed in the tiny open casket which held Marten´s body.

Following the funeral, many of the mourners returned to the crash site, which became a makeshift memorial, filled with flowers, stuffed animals, and cards with expressions of sympathy and support for the Kudlis family.

One of those mourners, Duane Stokes, told a KMGH reporter: “I helped pull Marten out of the building. I was right there with him. He squeezed my hand. I held his hand until he passed on. My fiance and I were just saying a prayer to Marten and just getting one last glimpse of everything around here. Just to say goodbye to him.”

Marten´s death hit the community hard and his funeral was attended by many people who had never even met him, but were saddened and angered by his senseless death.

Hernandez who has 12 aliases and two dates of birth, has been arrested an astonishing 19 times since 2003. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has also, confirmed that Hernandez has been arrested by nine different police departments. Despite his lengthy arrest record and illegal status in this country, Hernandez has never been deported, nor have deportation proceedings ever been started against him.

The police report shows that after Hernandez ran from the scene, he phoned his girlfriend, Brenda Aleman, asking her to come pick him up at a local Hooter´s restaurant. The report reads: “(He) stated after the accident he was scared and fled the scene, he was afraid he would be taken to jail because he had no insurance, no driver's license and that would prevent him from seeing his kids.”

Hernandez and Aleman have two small children.

It should be noted that the Congressional Research Service has classified both Aurora and nearby Denver, CO, as a “sanctuary cities.” The term refers to a policy taken by cities which refuse to inquire into an arrestee´s immigration status, or a refusal to inform federal authorities when a suspect in custody is believed to be or known to be an illegal alien.

Shortly after little Marten‘s death, retired Congressman (R-CO) and former presidential candidate Tom Tancredo said that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, as well as Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter "have blood on their hands."

While both Hickenlooper and Ritter have long been criticized for their opposition to enforcement of our immigration laws, Gov. Ritter tried to deflect any attention from his office onto the federal government and called Tancredo´s comments “out of bounds.”

In response, Tancredo issued the following statement: “While it might be politically expedient to blame Washington for what happened this week or to characterize my criticism of him as ´out of bounds,´ the fact remains that Gov. Ritter is in charge of enforcing and keeping Coloradans safe. It´s time for Gov. Ritter to take concrete steps to ensure that illegal aliens like Francis Hernandez, who had been apprehended by police more than a dozen times, end up behind bars, not back behind the wheel.”

How many more of our children will have to die before our border and our laws are taken seriously by those sworn to defend both?

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Any and all open border Politicians are just as guilty as Illegal alien Francis Hernandez

every single one of you are co conspirators in these three Innocent Deaths
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jean · Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:18 am Post subject:

Aurora Police under fire in Baskin Robbins homicide case
Questions move closing arguments to Monday

by Dave Young KDVR Denver

8:32 PM MST, February 19, 2010
Francis Hernandez

AURORA - Did outrage over the death of a three year old boy sitting in an ice cream shop impact the fair trial of an illegal immigrant? That question after the vehicular homicide trial of Francis Hernandez turns into a "trial" of the Aurora Police Department's handling of the investigation.

Qestions were raised Friday about a possible atmosphere to convict an illegal immigrant with a criminal history.

Even presiding judge John Wheeler Friday characterized the investigation as "dysfunctional" and "myopic."

Wheeler said there are serious questions about lead detective Johnny Lee's "credbility," his behavior and his claim that he accidentally deleted a key arrest affidavit from official police files just days after crash.

In testimony Friday 26 year veteran Aurora police officer Pat Hardin, with 16 years experience in traffic investigation, said she was concerned that detective Lee's behavior was "deceptive" and that he may have been conducting a possible "cover up."

Hardin said her concerns were ignored by superiors in the Aurora Police Department and not taken seriously by the prosecutor now presenting the case against Hernandez to a jury.

Hardin and officer Javen Harper testified they pointed out Lee's possible misconduct just days after the crash.

They testified Lee deleted information suggesting another person was in the Chevy Suburban with Hernandez, and that he gave conflicting explanations of how that information was deleted.

Det. Lee testified earlier he'd made a mistake and corrected the error by reentering the deleted information from a scanned copy of the original document.

Judge Wheeler ruled " We'll never know if that's the case, what was in that original document."

But Wheeler denied defense motions to dismiss the charges against Hernandez or to declare a mistrial.

He did however instruct jurors to weigh the credibility of Lee's testimony and any possible misconduct with regard to the evidence, when considering Hernandez's guilt or innocence.

Hernandez' wife, Brenda Aleman, and her mother had testified Hernandez' cousin Christian Hernandez may have been driving the night of the crash.

Christian Hernandez was shot to death last summer at the Denver apartment complex where he, Aleman and the defendant lived.

Hernandez is charged with 19 counts in the crash that killed 49 year old Patricia Guntharp, 51 year old Debra Serecky and three year old Marten Kudlis who was with his mother in the Baskin Robbins.

Hernandez' case sparked legislative inquiries in Colorado after it was learned he is an undocumented immigrant who has lived in the United States since he was 9 years old and has a history of arrests for traffic offenses.

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