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   useapen to All   
   'Nobody Out There Is Going to Help You':   
   26 Jun 24 08:40:48   
   
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   From: yourdime@outlook.com   
      
   An Arizona father was tragically crushed to death while attempting to   
   repair his wife’s car, and witnesses to the accident shockingly stole the   
   victim’s valuables instead of helping, leaving his family devastated,   
   according to police.   
      
   The incident happened June 17 in a Phoenix parking lot, where Jeronimo   
   Garcia Guerra was working beneath the broken-down car when his jack   
   collapsed, leaving him trapped for several hours before a passerby called   
   911, investigators said.   
      
   By the time police arrived, thieves had stolen everything from Guerra’s   
   pockets, looted the car he had been working on, and even made off with the   
   vehicle he arrived in to work on the car that needed repairs.   
      
   Sprawled on the pavement, Guerra was left for dead.   
   Family members said they were outraged at the brazenness of the crime.   
      
   “He always believed nobody out there is going to help you. In this   
   situation, he was right,” Guerra’s son, Jerry Garcia Jr., told AZFamily.   
      
   The car broke down less than two miles from the family’s home as Guerra   
   drove his wife to work.   
      
   Later, Guerra drove his daughter’s car back to the parking lot where his   
   wife’s car had stalled out.   
      
   It’s not clear what was wrong with the vehicle, but it required Guerra to   
   get underneath to fix it.   
      
   Investigators said Guerra arrived back at the parking lot around 9:45   
   a.m., but it wasn’t until about noon that the police were called, his   
   daughter Monica Garcia told the station, admitting that she wasn’t exactly   
   sure how the tragedy unfolded.   
      
   Investigators have not said whether the car killed the man instantly or if   
   he was slowly crushed to death under its enormous weight.   
      
   Either way, no one called for help.   
      
   “Who knows when the car really fell on him,” Monica Garcia told the   
   station, fighting back tears. “Who knows how long he’s been under there?”   
      
   So far, police have not made any arrests, but detectives indicated they   
   were reviewing surveillance camera footage in the area, hopeful to   
   identify a suspect.   
      
   Heartbroken, Monica Garcia described the perpetrators as cold-blooded   
   crooks.   
      
   “After everything, they went through my dad’s pockets and my mom’s car and   
   took off with my car,” she stammered. “It’s hard because I would never do   
   that to somebody. I could care less about my car, but at least they could   
   have stayed there with him until help came. At least I would’ve known he   
   wasn’t by himself all day until somebody decided to say, ‘Oh my God, he’s   
   not moving.’”   
      
   A day later, the stolen car turned up abandoned near the crime scene, but   
   Guerra’s daughter emphasized that her father’s untimely death remained her   
   only concern.   
      
   “That’s somebody’s dad, somebody’s husband, a grandparent, somebody’s best   
   friend. He’s my person. And I don’t have that anymore because somebody   
   couldn’t stop and check,” she told the station.   
      
   The family has set up a GoFundMe to help cover funeral costs and to settle   
   Guerra’s finances.   
      
   https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/06/25/witnesses-steal-valuables-from-   
   arizona-father-who-died-while-pinned/   
      
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