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Dulce Yamilet Garcia Perez

Age 4

Clearlake, California

She was sitting in the back

The second oldest of four, she may have loved running around the house with her siblings.

She was in the back of her father’s SUV, maybe buckled into the seat. It was pitch black outside, and it was probably way past her bedtime.

On Aug. 12, 2018, a bit after midnight, Dulce Yamilet Garcia Perez, 4, was shot by her father in his car in Clearlake, California. He also shot his three other children, killing two of them, before killing himself.

By Sokhna Fall · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.