Wynne Lee, 23, of Costa Mesa pleaded guilty Friday for her role in the May 21, 2021, death of Aiden Leos, who was fatally shot by her boyfriend, Marcus Anthony Eriz. On April 12, Lee’s boyfriend, 26-year-old Marcus Anthony Eriz of Costa Mesa, was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for firing the shot that killed Aiden Leos …
Marcus Eriz was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison Friday for fatally shooting 6-year-old Aiden Leos on the 55 Freeway in Orange in 2021. Eriz’s defense attorney, Deputy Public Defender Randall Bethune, asked King to strike the firearms enhancement and give Eriz probation, saying the killing was “a horrible, horrible mistake” and “absolutely an anomaly as to who …
The bullet that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos punched a small hole in the trunk of his mother’s silver Chevrolet, a few inches from the license plate. Daniel Feldman told jurors in his opening statement, but rather about the defendant’s “callous and total disregard for human life.” Eriz had been a passenger in his girlfriend Wynne Lee’s Volkswagen at rush hour …
Family members walk behind pallbearers carrying the casket of 6-year-old Aiden Leos after a funeral service at Calvary Chapel Yorba Linda on Saturday. A tribute poster hangs outside Calvary Chapel Yorba Linda, which held a memorial service Saturday for 6-year-old Aiden Leos. That was just one example of the kindness Aiden exuded during his short life, his mother, Joanna Cloonan, …
Taylor Ybanez, top, consoles her cousin, Alexis Cloonan, sister of 6-year-old shooting victim Aiden Leos, in Orange this week. Authorities have identified the suspects’ vehicle involved in a road rage incident on the 55 Freeway in Orange last week in which a 6-year-old boy was fatally shot. Money for the reward came pouring in from Wagner’s office, Supervisor Katrina Foley, …