California: Killing Cousin Jose Lugo said his dead passenger was drunker than him, confesses on live TV
From Fox 11 / CNS
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (02/25/2016) – It started as a hit and run and ended in yet another example of the tragic consequences of drinking and driving.
The front end of the white sedan was crushed, pieces of the metal pole it had crashed into evidence of just how forceful the impact had been.
Inside, the passenger was dead. But the driver was nowhere to be found until…he walked up to me seconds before my 4:30 am live-shot and confessed on TV. ...MORE
From MYNEWSLA.com
The passenger — identified by the coroner’s office as Juan Mendez, 49, of Los Angeles — was pronounced dead at the scene.
Jose Lugo, 43, allegedly confessed to driving the vehicle while drunk because his cousin “was drunker,” FOX11 reported. He told a reporter he left the scene to look for help and was arrested when he returned, according to the station. ….MORE