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Luz Aguilar Obituary
Roberto Orellana said he could do it but fumbled with the phone, nervous. A volley of bullets had just coursed through their home in the Montalvin Manor neighborhood, where they were raising three children and preparing for the arrival of a fourth.
"She said, 'I got hurt,'" Orellana said. "I checked her arm, and I saw there was a little hole. I said, 'Oh you just got a scratch.'"
But it was more than a scratch.
Aguilar, 32, died with her unborn child at 12:04 a.m. Wednesday at a regional trauma center, leaving Contra Costa sheriff's deputies to investigate a double killing with no obvious motive or suspects.
Aguilar's daughters -- aged 8, 4 and 18 months -- went with her sister to Modesto before dawn. They slept through the violence, unhurt.
Orellana, a construction foreman who works in Marin County, began dating Aguilar about six months ago. She worked for a real estate company in Newark, he said. They moved into the rental property on Michele a month ago and planned to buy the place.
Aguilar folded clothes in the front room Tuesday evening before Orellana called her to bed. During their last peaceful conversation, they talked about paying off their credit cards and putting together the financing to buy the house within three months, Orellana said.
"She knew she was dying" as the paramedics took her away, he said.
"She said she loves me, and she loves her sisters. Then she said, 'Oh, my baby.' She said, 'I love (my daughters), take care of them.'"
"My baby was three months," Orellana said. "That's the hard part."
Van Bibber went to Orellana's home Wednesday afternoon, gave him a hug and told him to call if he needed anything. Orellana was preparing for a long drive to the Central Valley, to reunite with the children.
He spoke with the girls earlier on the phone, asked if they still wanted him to be their dad. They said they did.
"She was an angel," Orellana said of his fiancee. "Now I believe she's more of an angel."
Memories and Condolences
for Luz Aguilar
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GERARDO AGUILAR
March 2, 2007
TEA I GOT VERY SAD WHENI HEARD WHAT HAPPEN I WISS YOU WHERE ALIVE I LOVE YOU
A mother that cares
February 28, 2007
I'm so sorry I lost a love one 6 yrs ago two violence and the pain never really goes away. I'll never understand why people are so cruel, i guess somethings or not meant to b understood but God have the answers n he will help u heal mentally and physically you have two put all your faith in him are you will never heal. I don't no you but i love you, thru prayer u will make it may God bless you and keep your family safe. kiss hold and comfort those beautiful little girls as much as possible. Love a mother that cares
Bob Collins
February 28, 2007
I live in San Pablo and I feel so bad for Luz and her family. She is in heaven and God will watch over her children. To the Luz family...I feel for you and may God bless you.
gabriel vargas
February 25, 2007
Luz Maria Aguilar Bucio q Dios te tenga en su santa Gloroa y q atus Hijas Carina y Luz Gabriela y Camila las yene de bendisones y que para mi nunca moriras por q sienpre en mi mente y en mi Corazon viviras para sienpre estes con dios des consa enpas Reina de Reinas Luz Maria Aguilar Bucio
February 23, 2007
lo siento mucho y todas los dias oro por las ninas y roberto orellana el senor te tiene en el cielo. Dios bendiga la familia. residente de Montalvin
Evans M.
February 15, 2007
May the Lord comfort all of you in your time of sorrow.
May Luz Maria rest in perfect peace.
May you all find the strenght to carry on.
Candace Fox
February 15, 2007
I am so saddend by this tradgedy. My prayers go out to her little girls especially and to her entire family. Please look to the Lord for comfort during this difficult time. I dont know you all but my heart aches for you. God Bless you.
Mauricio Perez
February 15, 2007
Que Dios tenga Luz Maria en el cielo. Siento mucho por lo que paso. Usted y su familia estan en mis oraciones. Ahorra usted tiene que ser fuerte para su familia!
Que DIos los bendiga.
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