Murdered Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo.....I took this photo of him just weeks before he was killed..... |
By Randy Economy
I just read this week’s article on the death/murder of my friend
former Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo in the LA Weekly by reporter Hillel
Aron.
The article (Mayor
Daniel Crespo Battered His Wife for 28 Years. She Shot Him the Day He Turned on
Their Son) will hit newsstands on Thursday.
Since I was used as a “source” for the article, and quoted throughout
the well-researched piece, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts.
To outsiders, who had no knowledge about Daniel and Lyvette
Crespo, the article clearly paints the late mayor as literally a “mad man
monster” full of rage, anger and complete hatred who was in a rotten marriage
that needed to be dissolved years ago.
Most of the “evidence” contained in the article comes from
testimony by witnesses who were close to the couple and the Crespo family children.
It is shocking to read some of the accounts, but it needs to be read by everyone.
It is shocking to read some of the accounts, but it needs to be read by everyone.
Daniel Crespo, in my opinion, was misunderstood, complex
as pointed out....he was a man, a father, husband, elected
official, friend, companion and confidant too many within his “inner world.”
Daniel Crespo was not a monster in my opinion, but had "inner monsters" deep inside him.
Here is how Atel ended the article:
“That a violent life should end violently is, perhaps, no great
surprise. Daniel Crespo always believed people were out to get him. Randy
Economy had lunch with him once at a Denny's in Commerce. There, Crespo said
somebody was trying to kill him.
"He was suspect of a lot of people," Economy says,
"people on his City Council, people on his local police department, people
he had worked with [who were] convicted felons."
Economy was shocked to see Lyvette at Crespo's funeral. She sat not 10
feet from the casket, stoically, until the end of the service, when a video was
played of Crespo singing at a recent Miss Bell Gardens pageant. It was then
that Lyvette broke down in tears.
She picked out the gravestone. It read: "Daniel Crespo. Beloved
husband & father. Your songs will play forever in our hearts." She
also purchased the cemetery plot next to her husband's, for herself.”
Final thought:
We live in the United States of America. The legal system is
now in control of this case. Is Lyvette
Crespo going to be found guilty in this case, or will the complex life and
death of Daniel Crespo continue to haunt Southeast Los Angeles County politics
for generations to come.
I still believe in our legal system.
I know that justice has many sides and is complex,
emotional, raw, and sometimes unfair.
The day Lyvette Crespo was arrested in this case, and charged
with Voluntary Manslaughter, I went to Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in
Downtown Los Angeles and I purchased her a black onyx beaded Rosary with a
Prayer Card that I had blessed.
I made sure that Lyvette Crespo received the Rosary….
I will be talking openly about this case in the months to
come on my radio show.
I welcome Lyvette with OPEN ARMS to tell her story with my
listeners.
Until then, let’s all continue to pray for Justice in this
case….
Here is the link to the article....http://www.laweekly.com/news/mayor-daniel-crespo-battered-his-wife-for-28-years-she-shot-him-the-day-he-turned-on-their-son-5840399
4 comments:
I want to hear from all of you about the shooting death of Daniel Crespo. We all have an opinion and I VALUE yours....regardless of where you stand.....
Great analysis, Randy.
Whether he beat his wife or not and whether he cheated or not he didn't deserve to be killed by his wife. She could of left him and divorced him, but she didn't. She chose to stay. Killing someone is not the only way out.
Now my problem is with the other woman. Patty Olivas, who claims to also have been battered by him yet still has a facebook page Justice for Mayor Daniel Crespo!
Anonymous you need to be, I just want to correct something. I am the one who created the Facebook page Justice for Mayor Daniel Crespo. I did it for my family and friends to honor and remember Danny for all the good he did. This page is up since the rest of Danny family is in NY we wanted to be close to everyone and get justice for him. What your problem should be is with the sheriff and D.A who let a killer roam for months free before charging her. NY don't tolerate killers walking free to sell properties and have money for a low bail. Killers are charged immediately. As for your problem with Paty Olivas that's just it your personal problem, please lets not confuse it again. Our family is still waiting for Justice and we have enough to deal with his life being taken away from us so young..
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