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Crime Salad

The Covina Massacre

Crime Salad

Crime Salad

True Crime

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In more typical years than what we all experienced in 2020, the holiday seasons mean families are gathering, gifts are exchanged, and for some, it’s the most joyous time of the year. On Christmas Eve of 2008, Joseph “Papa Joe” Ortega and his wife Alicia, were hosting a festive holiday party for their children and grandchildren at their home in Covina, California. When they opened the front door that night, while the party was well underway, to a man wearing a Santa Claus costume and holding a large gift-wrapped package, they had no idea the devastation that would ensue when that man opened fire on the unsuspecting family.


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Researched and Written by: Allison Hauser and Crime Salad

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All the blood left, all the pain, pain up.

0:07.0

All the blood left, all the pain, pain up.

0:14.0

Hey, Crime Salad listeners, we are back.

0:28.4

Crime Salad podcast is now in full swing.

0:31.0

And in case you were wondering, we ended the year in true 2020 fashion.

0:35.3

On Christmas Day, our son had a sled riding accident and we ended up spending the entire

0:40.0

week in the hospital.

0:41.9

And we even welcomed the new year as a family in our hospital room.

0:46.1

Basically, a tree branch went through his knee and punctured his joint.

0:50.0

The wound then got infected and it spread into his bone and up his leg.

0:54.3

However, we had a great team of doctors who were absolutely amazing.

0:59.0

And so we made it home and he's getting better every day.

1:01.8

A lot of you had reached out, hoping for our son to have a faster recovery and it really

1:06.0

touched our hearts.

1:07.2

Thank you so much.

1:08.6

And we didn't get to wish you all a happy new year.

1:11.0

So with that being said, we hope you all have an amazing 2021.

1:16.4

So anyways, for most of us, the holiday season has come and gone.

1:21.5

And we're starting with our first episode of 2021 with some leftover festivities.

1:28.0

In more typical years than what we've all experienced in 2020, the holiday seasons mean

1:33.4

families are gathering, gifts are exchanged, and for some, it's the most joyous time of

1:39.0

the year.

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