One good deed turned into a bad deed for a California woman, who claimed she was trying to stop a man from harming a cat.
That woman has now been charged with murder for her assumptions that the man was trying to run the cat over.
According to a statement from the Orange County District Attorney’s office, Hannah Star Esser, 20, confronted Victor Anthony Luis, 43, on Sunday after she saw him driving his car in Graham Street, Cypress.
Esser was accused of getting out of her vehicle and recording the confrontation that consisted of profanity and accusations.
In response to Esser’s verbal attack, Luis got out of his vehicle to confront Esser in the street, at which point she ran back to her car, jumped in, and then proceeded to argue.
Rather than drive away and end the altercation, Esser turned her vehicle around and drove towards Luis before making a U-turn and accelerating into him.
Esser was then accused of intentionally driving into Luis, striking him with the right front of her car, according to the District Attorney on Thursday.
Luis was pronounced dead on the scene after landing on the hood and windshield and flipping multiple times before hitting the street.
“This action showed a complete disregard for human life,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said per the statement. “The Orange County District Attorney’s Office will ensure that this random act of violence targeting a stranger will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Esser faces 25 years to life if convicted of the felony count of murder, according to the District Attorney’s office.
Her arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 13 and she is currently being held on $1 million bail.
Luis was the father of five daughters. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help his family to raise money for funeral expenses.
Who edits these articles? Woman who thought not woman who though. And we wonder what is wrong with people today when there are journalists like this out there.
My thoughts exactly. How does something so obvious slip past everyone responsible for editing/publishing an article? It’s pathetic. A 1st grader can do better than this.
no problem, she will be back out in no time.
“minority”
Yup! Demoncrats “social justice”
UGH!
Was the guy trying to deliberately harm a poor defenseless animal?? If so, then good riddance.
It’s a cat, he’s a father of five. Again, no regard for human life.
I was wondering the same thing. More people feel sorry for animals than they do for humans. You set up a gofundme for a man who was purposely running over an animal. Now both animals were taken care of
You mean all three animals are taken care of!
Also, it should be “ON Graham Street IN Cypress,” not “in Graham Street, Cypress.”
Part of being a man is knowing what you’re capable of doing and what you shouldn’t. As long as a female is just arguing and not being physical, then I’m a big enough man to let her words roll off my back. Keeping SHYT real…The only reason this person (male) got out of his vehicle to confront a woman over a cat was because he thought she was the weaker sex. Also, keeping it real, the “Recently Departed” having daughters, he should’ve thought his actions through more clearly and on a father’s perspective. Meaning, what if the situation was different, what if it was one of his daughters in a similar situation, would he have wanted some over ego male jumping in her face. We lead by example and politics don’t have a dam thing to do with that…He died from being a Piss Poor Person. And, I approve this message.
People are filling in blanks in this story with what they want to imagine happened. We don’t know what the confrontation was like the article does not tell. It only says the woman that killed this guy claims he was trying to run over a cat. Unless I missed something is a family is without their father and a woman is being convicted of murder over a cat that may or may not have been purposely targeted. I didn’t read anything about a physical confrontation either except for the vehicle being used as murder weapon. Point is we don’t know enough to say someone’s family member deserved to be murdered over something this article vaguely goes into detail about
Well said, it’s a “Fool’s faith” to base any decision or action from assuming. The media and politicians (regardless of political belief or affiliation) are treating us all like mushrooms, they keep us in the dark, feed us their one-sided shyt and profit from the growth.