Suspect wanted in hit-and-run that left California father, 3-year-old girl dead

Police in Lengthy Seaside, Calif., say Octavio Montano Islas, 24, was the person behind the wheel in a hit-and-run crash that left a father and his 3-year-old daughter lifeless inside their residence. 

An arrest warrant has been issued for Islas for 2 counts of felony manslaughter, one rely of felony driving below the affect, and one rely of felony hit-and-run.

Firefighters responded to an residence round 10 p.m. March 1 after a 2014 Ram 1500 pickup bumped into the constructing, killing 42-year-old Jose Palacios-Gonzalez and 3-year-old Samantha Palacios.

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Police say Islas was driving too quick, misplaced management and slammed into the residence constructing. He allegedly ran from the scene following the collision.

Palacios-Gonzalez was pronounced lifeless on the scene. His daughter Samantha was taken to a hospital, the place she later died.

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Police describe Islas as a Hispanic man who’s 5 ft, 8 inches tall and weighs 160 kilos, with black hair, and tattoos on his proper forearm.

Detectives from the Lengthy Seaside Police Division’s Collision Investigation Element are in search of the general public’s assist in finding the driving force of the 2014 Ram 1500 pickup that was concerned in a deadly hit-and-run site visitors collision on March 1, 2022. The collision occurred within the 6600 block of Rose Avenue, which resulted within the demise of two Lengthy Seaside residents – 42-year-old Jose Palacios-Gonzalez and 3-year-old Samantha Palacios.
(Lengthy Seaside PD)

“He was allegedly on the Bottoms Up Sports activities Bar in Lengthy Seaside earlier than the crash, and now there’s an investigation into the sports activities bar by the California Division of Alcoholic Beverage Management,” FOX 11 Los Angeles studies. 

Anybody with info on Montano’s whereabouts is requested to name LBPD Detective Kevin Johansen at 562-570-7355. Nameless suggestions might be known as in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted on-line.