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Evelyn DeLos Santos

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Evelyn DeLos Santos

Birth
Death
13 Mar 2012 (aged 5)
Burial
Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Outside Eugene Field Elementary School, hundreds of children assembled in rows clutch green balloons. When one balloon floats off early, a roar of little voices erupts. The children are there to honor classmate Evelyn De Los Santos.

A child in Evelyn's kindergarten class holds a balloon close to her face. A tear rolls down her cheek as the school choir begins to sing.

Police say Evelyn's father, Juan De Los Santos, 46, shot Evelyn, 5, and her mother, Claudia Aguilar, 35, before turning the gun on himself March 13 at their home, 1925 NW 15.

Last week at the house, a yellow and red toy car is overturned in the yard. Mail is in the mailbox. A silver slipper lies on the ground in front of a rundown porch.

The events that occurred there are too painful for family members who live in the neighborhood to talk about, they said. Relatives told police Juan De Los Santos and Aguilar were estranged, going through a divorce at the time of the shootings.

The students and staff at Eugene Field, 1515 N Klein Ave., wanted to honor Evelyn.

All of the children who attend the school qualify for federal nutrition programs based on family income. But in early May, they collected more than $900 in a penny drive to donate to Positive Tomorrows, an Oklahoma City organization that educates homeless children. The money also was used to purchase a plaque to place on a bench in memory of their classmate.

Daily Oklahoman, May 21, 2012
Outside Eugene Field Elementary School, hundreds of children assembled in rows clutch green balloons. When one balloon floats off early, a roar of little voices erupts. The children are there to honor classmate Evelyn De Los Santos.

A child in Evelyn's kindergarten class holds a balloon close to her face. A tear rolls down her cheek as the school choir begins to sing.

Police say Evelyn's father, Juan De Los Santos, 46, shot Evelyn, 5, and her mother, Claudia Aguilar, 35, before turning the gun on himself March 13 at their home, 1925 NW 15.

Last week at the house, a yellow and red toy car is overturned in the yard. Mail is in the mailbox. A silver slipper lies on the ground in front of a rundown porch.

The events that occurred there are too painful for family members who live in the neighborhood to talk about, they said. Relatives told police Juan De Los Santos and Aguilar were estranged, going through a divorce at the time of the shootings.

The students and staff at Eugene Field, 1515 N Klein Ave., wanted to honor Evelyn.

All of the children who attend the school qualify for federal nutrition programs based on family income. But in early May, they collected more than $900 in a penny drive to donate to Positive Tomorrows, an Oklahoma City organization that educates homeless children. The money also was used to purchase a plaque to place on a bench in memory of their classmate.

Daily Oklahoman, May 21, 2012


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