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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Nearly 4 years aft Sergio Bonboster was killed astatine conscionable 20 years old, his household stands united, determined to usage their galore voices arsenic one.
"I deliberation that's a very, precise important happening to bash due to the fact that it's the lone mode alteration happens," said Savannah Bonboster.
In October 2021, Sergio was stabbed and killed by his roommate's 17-year-old girlfriend.
The roommate, Lawrence Madrid, helped mutilate his assemblage and dump it successful the canal adjacent Hughes and Norwich successful northwest Fresno.
To this day, household and friends support a memorial wherever Sergio's assemblage was found.
"They're retired there, conscionable sitting retired determination due to the fact that that's the lone spot radical consciousness connected to him sometimes," said Savannah.
Madrid was sentenced to the maximum condemnation of conscionable nether 4 years successful 2023, but has since been released.
The 17-year-old was convicted of murder, but is already retired connected probation due to the fact that of Proposition 57, which focuses connected rehabilitation.
She was released from custody precocious past month, but the District Attorney's Office confirmed she remains connected probation.
The probation section couldn't corroborate the details of those restrictions due to the fact that she was convicted arsenic a minor.
In the August hearing, Sergio's sister, Savannah Bonboster, learned the pistillate was already attending assemblage and volition present beryllium capable to be successful person.
"It was different world cheque arsenic to the opportunities that she's fixed without immoderate benignant of information toward what she's done," said Savannah.
Savannah and the remainder of their household person accepted that the sentences won't alteration successful Sergio's case, but they anticipation to marque a alteration for different victims' families successful the future.
Through it all, Sergio's younger brother, Sabastian, focuses connected the clip they had unneurotic and surviving to marque his member proud.
"What helium would accidental close present is conscionable that helium loves america all, he's arrogant that we're each doing this arsenic a unit, we're staying together, and unneurotic we're stronger than 1 idiosyncratic alone," said Sabastian.
The household isn't unsocial successful their fight; they stood alongside different families and District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp astatine a protestation past week.
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