LONG BEACH, Calif.—A young man who drove drunk on Halloween night 2019 and ran down a Long Beach couple and their 3-year-old son was convicted on July 5 of three counts each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding Carlo Adrian Navarro, now 23, guilty in the deaths of Joseph Awaida, 30, Raihan Dakhil Awaida, 32, and their son, Omar, who were struck around 9:55 p.m. Oct. 31, 2019, in the area of Country Club Drive and Los Cerritos Park Place.
Joseph Awaida died that night. The couple’s son died Nov. 2, and his mother died the following day….