Family Wants Alert System After 7-Year-Old, Grandmother Killed in High-Speed Chase of Illegal Immigrants

Gin Jespersen’s 71-year-old mother, Maria “Coke” Tambunga, and her 7-year-old niece, Emilia “Emi” Tambunga, were killed along with two illegal immigrants at the end of a high-speed chase.

(Left) Elisa Tambunga holds a photo of her daughter, Emilia Tambunga, 7, in Texas, on Aug. 8, 2023. Emilia was killed in March when the truck she was riding in with her grandmother was hit by a truck carrying illegal immigrants in Ozona, Texas. (Michael Clements/The Epoch Times) (Right) Emilia is pictured with her grandmother, Maria "Coke" Tambunga, in this undated photo. Courtesy of the Tambunga family

SAN ANGELO, Texas—Gin Jespersen and her family are angry.

They are angry at the man accused of killing her 71-year-old mother, Maria “Coke” Tambunga, her 7-year-old niece, Emilia “Emi” Tambunga, and two illegal immigrants at the end of a high-speed chase.