Sunday, Aug. 9, marks two weeks since a 19-year-old college student from North Texas was killed in a crash by an accused intoxicated driver.<\/p>\n
Crystal De Luna’s mother said she was out with her boyfriend when the two were crashed into on US Highway 380 and 377. Cross Roads Police arrested 33-year-old Samuel Moses and charged him with intoxicated manslaughter and unlawfully carrying a weapon. According to police, it was a 4-vehicle crash, with multiple others sustaining minor injuries. <\/p>\n
“I wish it was a dream that I could wake up from,” Vanesa Ramirez, Crystal’s mother, said. “And I could still see her coming in through the door.”<\/p>\n
According to online records, Moses bonded out of jail four days after the crash. <\/p>\n
Crystal’s mother expressed feeling torn between grief and anger. <\/p>\n
“My heart sank, because I thought she was asleep in her room,” Ramirez said. “It’s unfair. because [Moses] gets to walk out, [and] go back to [his] family. And I sit here broken because my daughter passed away because of you.”<\/p>\n
Crystal, who has a brother and two younger sisters, is now remembered for her light. Her mom said she wanted to be an ultrasound tech and work with babies. <\/p>\n
“She was my best friend,” Ramirez said. “I hope my daughter gets justice as she deserves.”<\/p>\n
NBC 5 did try to get in touch with his attorney, but there wasn’t one listed as of Sunday night. <\/p>\n
Cross Roads PD said its investigation is still active. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, Aug. 9, marks two weeks since a 19-year-old college student from North Texas was killed in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[803,102,104,103,430],"class_list":["post-402285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-north-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}