'You have to give her the max': Victim's family reacts to deadly DUI crash sentence

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- More than 3 years aft losing his lad successful a DUI crash, a begetter is reflecting connected his symptom and the condemnation handed down to the pistillate who took his life.

Wednesday, Amber Sexton was sentenced to 10 years successful situation for that crash.

Joel Carillo said helium believes successful 2nd chances but that the condemnation Amber Sexton received was acold excessively abbreviated aft ending his son's life.

"We're not going to get to spot him again," said Carillo. "We person memories. We person pictures, but it's not the aforesaid (as) erstwhile helium walks in, gives you a hug."

It's been implicit 3 years since Carillo past saw his son.

On November 10, 2020, Joel Carillo Jr., who they called Joey, was returning location from his internship successful Hanford, wherever helium was moving connected his certification to go an MRI Technician, conscionable similar his mom.

"He would've been truthful arrogant to amusement ma that helium really pulled done and followed successful her footsteps," said Carillo.

Joey ne'er made it location to Clovis that night. He was deed caput portion driving connected Highway 41 adjacent Riverdale.

CHP officers said Sexton was driving a U-Haul pickup motortruck nether the power of respective drugs, including methamphetamines and opiates, erstwhile she crossed into the northbound lane, crashing into the 23-year-old's car.

Joey was airlifted to the hospital, wherever helium died.

On Wednesday, his household again faced Sexton successful court, awaiting her sentence.

When Joel spoke successful court, helium chose to speech to the justice alternatively than Sexton.

"You person to springiness her the max," said Carillo. "Whatever that is. Is that going to hole our occupation connected our side? Probably not. We inactive gotta fig retired however to determination guardant from this thing. Every time is different."

Through tears, Sexton gave her statement, acknowledging that thing she could accidental would bring Joey back.

"I'm atrocious that I person to beryllium this villain successful their life," said Sexton. "I ne'er went retired intentionally wanting to instrumentality anybody's beingness that day. I conscionable privation to determination guardant from this; I anticipation that some of us, the household and myself, tin conscionable heal from this."

The justice cautiously walked done Sexton's cause past and grounds from the clang earlier handing down her ruling.

"I don't uncertainty that Ms. Sexton has been doing antithetic programs and making usage of her clip successful jail, but I deliberation not lone rehabilitation, but I deliberation punishment is necessary," said Hon. Francine Zepeda, Fresno County Superior Court.

Sexton hung her caput arsenic the justice sentenced her to a ten-year situation condemnation for Gross Vehicular Manslaughter portion intoxicated and different charges.

Joey's dada says they inactive perceive stories from his friends and different household members astir the interaction Joey had connected them.

While disappointed by the sentence, Joey's household says determination is immoderate alleviation successful not having to walk much clip successful court.

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