Thursday, January 06, 2011

Drunk, Wrong-Way, Homicide...What's Missing?

You've read the story and seen the pictures.

Leopoldo R. Salas Gaytan, 41, is charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle (prohibited alcohol concentration) and operating without a license causing death for the New Year's Day crash that killed 34-year-old Corrie A. Damske, according to the complaint

OK.

Meantime, Channel 4 reports that Gaytan is an illegal alien, a fact which the JS has studiously avoided mentioning until the story linked above. (Edit added pursuant to combox note.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Tragic story, to be sure. NEVER should have happened.


But your claim that the JS omitted an important, relevant fact is wrong. I clicked on the link you provided, and lo and behold...

"According to a press release from the Milwaukee County Sheriff's department, Salas-Gaytan admitted to being in the United States illegally for the past 13 years but his immigration status had not yet been confirmed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement."