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Juan Manuel Cardenas Jr. (1977-????) was a boy from Orange Country who in December 18th, 1989, murdered his love interest, Jacalyn Calabrese.
Biography
Juan Manuel Cardenas Jr. was born in 1977, with unknown birth date.
He was a student in Cerro Villa Middle School, he was in love with another student called Jacalyn Calabrese.
Months before the murder, Juan Manuel Cardenas Jr. showed his .25 caliber shotgun to his friends, a relative said he did not know where Juan Manuel Cardenas Jr. got the gun.
In December 18th, 1989, Juan Manuel Cardenas Jr. went to Mall of Orange where he was meeting with his love interest, Jacalyn. He all of a sudden pointed his gun at Jacalyn and shot her. One of the teenagers in the place, called Keli Edwards, saw Juan shooting Jacalyn and then looking at Keli with regret. Juan fled to the mall and hided at a friend's house, where police later found and arrested him.
One year later, in 1990, Juan was sentenced to 1 year of jail, where he was released in 1991, in a unknown date.
As of 2022, Juan's whereabouts are unknown.