As the details of the Covina Christmas Eve slayings unfold, we are finding that more and more local politicians had ties to the victims.
Former La Puente Councilwoman Renee Chavez told reporter Brian Day today that she knew one of the nine victims, Cheri Ortega. Apparently, Chavez and her husband Ed — who is serving on the Upper San Gabriel Municipal Water District — went to high school with Cheri.
Here are some exerpts from Brian’s story running in Monday’s paper:
“Today, I’m just trying to remember the positive things about her,” Chavez said.
Renee Chavez and her husband Ed Chavez, of the Upper San Gabriel Municipal Water District, said they attended Bassett High School with Cheri Ortega.
Renee Chavez recalled high school memories of Cheri and said Cheri was a devoted mother of five who always was smiling.
“I can still remember her laugh in my head,” Renee Chavez said.
