Wesley Alex Morejon, 30

Feb. 18, 2015

Wesley Alex Morejon, a 30-year-old Latino, was fatally stabbed Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in the 8900 block of South Vermont Avenue in Vermont Vista, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Morejon was standing in the parking lot of a restaurant when a man walked up to him and stabbed him, according to coroner’s records. The assailant ran away from the scene.

Morejon was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:21 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Investigators later determined that Morejon got into a fight before the stabbing. Morejon knew the suspect, identified by authorities as David Carrillo, 33, through a substance abuse program they both attended, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

Carrillo was arrested on suspicion of murder about two weeks after the stabbing, after he barricaded himself inside a Santa Monica apartment for nearly five hours, prosecutors said.

A jury in May found Carrillo guilty of one count of second-degree murder with the allegation that he used a knife.

Carrillo was sentenced Aug. 6 to 16 years to life in prison for the killing.

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Wesley, we’re coming up on 5 years now & you cross my mind more than anyone will ever know. I miss you so much, the entire Morejon family misses you so much.

I remember all of your silly jokes and the pranks you pulled growing up. I can faintly hear your laughter or voice sometimes. I find myself saying things that you would say. We had a lot of fun growing up, nothing but memories. You were more like my older brother than a cousin.

I can’t believe that you’re gone, I can’t even remember the last time that I saw you. I wish we would have had more time, but time was not on your side. You left us way too soon but it’s not your fault, I wish things would have been different and I wish you were here.

You didn’t deserve this, which makes me so angry. Until we meet again, watch over us yeah? I love you forever! WORD IS BOND

— Ale Jan. 23, 2020 at 11:48 p.m.

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