What would you do if Santa entered your home with weapons and attacked your family? Join us (with special guest Katie!) as we talk about the horrific attack on the Ortega family on Christmas Eve 2008.
*Content Warning: Gun violence, murder*
“A Christmas Massacre.” Homicide for the Holidays, Directed by Andrea De Brito, season 1, episode 3, Emerge Pictures and Jarrett Creative Group, 2016. Peacock.
Bloomekatz, Ari B. and Becerra, Hector. “Bidding Farewell to a Family.” Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2009, p. B6. Newspapers.com.
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