Husband married just 13 days mourns wife killed in crash with suspected DUI driver
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- Oct 13, 2024
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Published: Oct. 13, 2024 at 3:27 AM EDT
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CABAZON, Calif. (Gray News) - Just weeks after his wedding, a California man who planned to grow old with his high school sweetheart is now planning her funeral.
Family members say on GoFundMe that 23-year-old Carlie Membrino was killed by a drunken driver just 13 days after she married her high school sweetheart, Adam Whitlatch. The couple were looking forward to starting the next chapter in their lives together.
“He took literally everything from me,” Whitlatch told KABC. “I planned to grow old with her. I planned to have kids with her… planned to buy a house.”
The fatal crash happened Oct. 3 just after 9:30 p.m. KCAL reports the newlyweds had recently returned from their honeymoon.
Deputies say they spotted a man, later identified as 49-year-old Jason McQueary, driving in the wrong direction in Cabazon, California. They suspected he was driving under the influence and tried to pull him over, but McQueary didn’t stop, according to MyNewsLA.com.
Deputies say they chased McQueary at speeds of 90 to 95 miles per hour before he crashed into the back of Membrino’s car, which was stopped at an intersection. Membrino was pronounced dead at the scene.
Not only Membrino’s new husband but the rest of her family – including her mother, Buenita Shoemaker – are left devastated by her loss.
“It feels like my heart and soul has been ripped from [my] body. To never hear her laughter, look into her eyes, hear her voice, hold her or hug her again is an unbearable pain that no mother should have to endure,” wrote Shoemaker on GoFundMe.
She says her daughter was “full of love and light” and remembers her for her kindness as well as her love for animals and music.
Family members say 23-year-old Carlie Membrino was killed by a drunken driver just 13 days after she married her high school sweetheart.
(Source: GoFundMe)
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