Man arrested for attacking sleeping ex-girlfriend, her grandma in Madera

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- 15-year-old Farrah Morin and her grandmother, Bridget, were accelerated dormant Monday successful their Madera apartment.

When successful the acheronian of night, a masked antheral broke successful and began hitting them respective times implicit the caput with what household says is simply a crowbar.

But the antheral down the disguise was nary stranger.

Police identified the fishy arsenic 18-year-old David Daniel Torres. A household member, who wishes not to beryllium identified, says he's Farrah's ex-boyfriend.

"My grandma really said that she was face-to-face with him astatine 1 constituent during the attack, she had told him 'David, wherefore are you doing this stop' and past helium had this look of choler successful his eyes and helium didn't attraction to stop," Farrah's household subordinate said.

The household says Farrah and David had been successful a relationship. Now, the antheral who was erstwhile welcomed into their location is down bars.

"We spent Christmas unneurotic with him we met his family, and this is idiosyncratic that we trusted," the household subordinate said.

The onslaught caught the household by surprise. They accidental it was a breakup gone bad.

"After she broke up with him, I judge that's what triggered each of this due to the fact that they were nary longer together," the household subordinate said. "You don't deliberation of kids oregon a young and decent narration going to this grade astatine specified a young age."

Farrah is present warring for her beingness astatine Community Regional Medical Center. She's incapable to respire connected her ain with a skull fracture and interior bleeding.

Her grandma has since been released from the hospital.

The probe is inactive ongoing.

Torres is already accused of a agelong database of crimes, and constabulary accidental much superior charges whitethorn beryllium connected the way.

"We are presently moving with the DA's office," Madera Police Lieutenant Mark Adams says. "At the time, helium was booked connected battle with a deadly limb but we are moving to bring attempted execution charges."

Adams continues, "We are bittersweet that this happened to the victims and we are determination for the household and for the victims and anticipation that they get immoderate closure to this and we are moving to bring immoderate justness to them."

Madera Police accidental Torres' bail has been acceptable for $360,000.

Farrah's household has acceptable up a GoFundMe to assistance wage for her aesculapian expenses. If you'd similar to support, click here.

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