SoCal restaurant owner was killed in botched kidnapping. Family has justice 28 years later

Los Angeles Times · Iris Kwok ·

Manuel Vasquez, 20, and William David Hampton Jr., 19, botched the kidnapping scheme. When Ventura restaurateur Felipe Arambula arrived home to them holding his wife and young children captive, a fight ensued, and Arambula was fatally shot.

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On June 13, 1998, two young men broke into a Southern California restaurant owner’s upscale home on the orders of a local poker club owner.

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