Yessica Ivonne Bernal remembers texting her 15-year-old son Francisco just hours before the unthinkable happened.
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Yessica Ivonne Bernal remembers texting her son Francisco Jesus Cuenca Bernal Thursday night just hours before the unthinkable happened.
The next day, Yessica learned that her son 15-year-old son was dead after being found with gunshot wounds in the driver's seat of a crashed car. Details of what led up to Francisco's death are still unknown, but police say they don't have any information to indicate gang involvement at this time. Yessica says her family is left wondering why Francisco was taken from them.
Yessica says she had Francisco at a young age, so he was her best friend. They enjoyed their Lagoon trips, and he enjoyed being a sibling. Yessica says even if police do find the suspect, there will forever be a hole in her heart.
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