While a father and his daughter were working on their car outside a Kohl’s department store, a homeless man randomly attacked them, making them lose their lives after being stabbing them multiple times.
Ken Evans, 54, and McKenna Evans, 22, were spending time together around noon Thursday tinkering on their sedan in Palmdale, just north of Los Angeles, when the man attacked them for no apparent reason.
Ken was rushed to a hospital, where he died, while his daughter was pronounced dead at the scene.
LA County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a suspect, who they said may be a migrant.
Elizabeth Evans, the victims’ devastated wife and mother, is full of grief and mourning the shocking loss.
“She wasn’t just my daughter, she was my best friend,” the mom said Sunday about McKenna. “She was just full of joy, and she cared for both people and animals. She was an absolute beacon and didn’t know a stranger. Everybody became her best friend.”
Elizabeth went on to say, “My husband was a doting father, who loved spending as much time as he could with his daughter.”
Jesse Mercado, McKenna’s boyfriend claims he ran to the scene as quickly as he could after receiving the shocking news.
“I wanted to hold her again. It was hard to know that the person who changed my life so drastically…in just one day was taken,” he said emotionally overwhelmed with grief for his deceased girlfriend. “She was so kind, caring, and an ambitious young woman.”
“The first time I met her was at work,” Jesse said. “The moment she presented herself was the day I fell in love with her.”
The two met at an ice cream shop where they both worked and had been dating since February.
McKenna, who had been waiting to take her aesthetician exam, preferred vegan products that were not tested on animals, her mom said.
Elizabeth said her husband had been planning to move to Missouri and had been trying to spend more quality time with his youngest child before leaving.
“That was Ken — a risk-taker, always adventurous,” she said.
A GoFundMe campaign for the family has raised over $15,000 of its $20,000 goal.
Let me guess. . . . And then let the bastard walk with no bail , right ?
Illegal alien not migrant. Sanctuary city? No cash bail…Free benefits, phone, housing, food and spending money at tax payers expense so we can be killed? Great job California. 🙏 Praying for family.
Donnie T is an IDIOT. He believes there are aliens and alien spaceships. I told him to take a couple sips of pickle juice to stop his acid reflux and he drinks 3 gallons of pickle juice and blames me for his failure to follow simple instructions. What a Stupid MORON.
Donnie T is an IDIOT. I told him to take a couple sips of pickle juice to stop his acid reflux and he drinks 3 gallons of pickle juice and blames me for his failure to follow simple instructions. What a Stupid MORON you are.
Dear JJ,
Aliens are REAL and they are ruining our country now!!! I’m talking about ILLEGAL ALIENS like the monster that murdered these wonderful people!!! You are a RINO who HATES AMERICA and supports DEMOCRATS who want to take away our RIGHT to own FIREARMS!!! I feel sorry for you & your family!!! You obviously need PSYCHIATRIC HELP!!! It’s not too late for you to turn to TRUMP & Q for GUIDANCE!!! Plus, you never said that I should just drink a sip of pickle juice!!! Next time please SPECIFY A QUANTITY!!! And why is no one talking about the MASSIVE ELECTION FRAUD that occurred on TUESDAY???