{"id":306636,"date":"2024-02-10T13:29:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T19:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=306636"},"modified":"2024-02-09T17:03:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:03:03","slug":"woman-guilty-murder-pregnant-dui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-guilty-murder-pregnant-dui\/","title":{"rendered":"A woman pled guilty to murder for DUI crash that killed a pregnant woman. The baby survived."},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 43-year-old woman who killed a pregnant woman in a DUI crash has pled guilty<\/a> to second-degree murder, a plea the murder victim’s husband said can finally give the family closure and the ability to move on<\/a> from the tragic death of his wife. Their preborn daughter miraculously survived.<\/p>\n

In August of 2020, James and Yesenia Alvarez were walking together on the sidewalk of Katella Avenue near Bayless Street in Garden Grove, California. Yesenia was eight months pregnant at the time. Courtney Fritz Pandolfi lost control of her Jeep, jumping over the curb and crashing through a metal newspaper stand before slamming into Yesenia.<\/p>\n

James attempted to give her CPR until paramedics could take her to the hospital, but Yesenia could not be saved. Miraculously, doctors were able to save the life of the couple’s baby girl, Adalyn.<\/p>\n

Before her death, the Alvarezes posed for a maternity photoshoot with Yesenia glowing in a pink gown; afterward, James recreated the photo shoot in the same location with Adalyn, also wearing a pink dress. It quickly went viral<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want my daughter to have the best life. And anything I can do to fulfill that, I\u2019m going to do it,\u201d he told NBC4 at the time. \u201cAs soon as I held her, everything just washed away. It was just her and I in that moment. Seeing her there and calling for her name and her like opening her eyes looking for me, that meant so much to me because that\u2019s what we did together, my wife and I. I\u2019m up for the challenge. I know I don\u2019t have my wife with me to help me, but I know she\u2019s here spiritually. She\u2019s giving me the strength to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has since continued the tradition<\/a> with a photo shoot every year.<\/p>\n

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