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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) -- The assemblage of Hanford is remembering Madeline Rose Cuevas this weekend, who was changeable and killed by her ex-boyfriend - who past abducted their 2 children and took them to Mexico, according to the Kings County Sheriff's Office.
Madeline Rose Cuevas was conscionable 22-years-old erstwhile she was recovered changeable and killed wrong her home. Her ex-boyfriend, Jonathan Maldonado- Cruz, is present backmost successful Kings County and down bars.
Madeline's household and friends are present grieving.
"She ever greeted whoever with a smile. And I honestly believe, like, she would springiness you the garment disconnected her back," said coworker Breaunna Barnes.
The young parent touched the lives of truthful many, including her coworkers astatine Costco.
"It's conscionable devastating erstwhile idiosyncratic truthful young and truthful inspiring is tragically taken distant from us," Barnes said.
Her daughters are present near without a mother.
"I cognize that her tone is going to unrecorded on. I cognize that her daughters are going to, you know, person this representation of their large mother, but that inactive doesn't instrumentality distant the wounded and the symptom that we're each going to feel," Barnes said.
Sierra Pacific High School accepted donations during a hoops tourney astatine Hanford West to amusement their enactment to the Cuevas family.
"We felt the champion best happening that we could bash is to assistance rise immoderate wealth for them. And immoderate whatever needs they whitethorn have," Shavarin Jr. said.
"She made an interaction connected each of america successful the abbreviated magnitude of clip that she was with us. I privation her to cognize that she was an astonishing mother, but she would ever speech astir 4 girls. And I conscionable privation her to cognize that I conscionable commune that she's astatine peace," Barnes said.
