Richard Delgado
San Jose - Some neighborhood residents have been experiencing kids constantly speeding around their neighborhood. On Monday, a 19-year-old (and going by the above picture, a species of goblin) resident was returning home when he accidentally ran into another neighbor’s fence. After doing so, he ran to his nearby home to get another car. 45-year-old Donna Fife, who had heard the initial crash, was outside attempting to get the license plate from the Civic Delgado was now driving. In return, Delgado ran over the woman as she stood in a yard. She died shortly after.
Delgado, who sometimes played Gollum in the local theater’s Lord of the Rings, was no stranger to the neighborhood, as residents have repeatedly called police over his reckless driving and blame him for many of the skid marks on their streets. Just after 11 p.m on Monday, Delgado was up to his same antics. Witnesses state that after Delgado had crashed into the fence, Fife left her house and went to the neighbor and informed them that Delgado had hit their fence. During this time, Delgado had ran to his house, got into a Honda Civic and began backing down the driveway. Fife walked across the street and was standing in a yard, attempting to get the license number written down.
Delgado backed down the driveway, leaving tire marks. Once at the bottom of the driveway he then drove forward over the curb and sidewalk, into the yard and struck Fife, running over her stomach and face. Delgado then left the scene. A neighbor placed a robe over her, and Fife died in the grass while her husband held her. Delgado ditched the car and tried to get away on foot, but was apprehended. He does not have a driver’s license and in September pleaded no contest to driving without a license and reckless driving. He has now been charged with suspicion of murder.
Of course, he is a nice kid who was just scared. He wouldn’t hurt a fly. “I believe he panicked after he hit the fence,” said the aunt, Raquelle Delgado. “He didn’t know what he was doing.” Delgado said she knows “none of the neighbors” like her nephew “but he’s a good-hearted person to his family.”
Thanks to Jaded for the tip, and for the San Jose Mercury News for every single bit of the info in this article. Well, except for the Gollum part. I threw that in there because my Wendy’s Sour Cream ‘n Chives potato was still tasting pretty good in my mouf, even though I finished it about 20 minutes ago.
Tags: Donna Fife, Murder, Richard Delgado, Vehicular Homicide
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