A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday night for three sisters and their mother, who were tragically killed along with two close family friends on July 12 as they were driving home to Southern California from Texas. The vigil for Karly Perez, 42 of Banning and her three daughters, Olivia, 12, Emalynn, 11, and Giana, 8, is scheduled for 7 p.m.
at Centennial Park in Menifee, according to local news reports. The park is where the girls played softball. The young athletes were celebrated in a Facebook post from Menifee Girls Softball.
“Shy in nature, all three girls came to life on the softball field as they were surrounded by family, friends and teammates on both sides of the fence,” the social media post read. “They will be deeply missed by everyone.” The fatal crash also claimed the life of Perez’s friend Heather Ventura, 37, of Upland and her 13-year-old son, Lucas Tejada, according to the Pima County Medical Examiner.
Nicholas Ventura told The Times that his sister and Perez had been best friends for more than 10 years and supported each other as if they were sisters, coordinating whenever they needed to take the children to school or sporting events. “They were a family unit,” Ventura said. “It was such a beautiful thing.
” Ventura said his nephew aspired to be a chef and was a fan of British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, so much so that he traveled to San Diego with his mother to try the beef Wellington at Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen in San Diego. A ph.