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El Camino College The Union
The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union
On Nov. 20, 2022, Yajaira Hernandez and her oldest son, Joseph Hernandez, visit the site where the remains of Juan Hernandez were laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Calif. (Kim McGill | Warrior Life)

Justice for Cookie: How the murder of El Camino College student Juan Hernandez turned his mom into a powerful leader in the growing movement to heal families and communities

By Kim McGill
May 17, 2023
On Nov. 20, 2022, Yajaira Hernandez and her oldest son, Joseph Hernandez, visit the place where the remains of her middle son, Juan Hernandez, are laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City on Sept. 22, 2020. Hernandez left his home on Adams Boulevard in South Central Los Angeles to go to work. That was the last time Hernandez’s family saw him. (Kim McGill | The Union)

Defendant indicted in the murder of El Camino student

By Kim McGill
April 19, 2023
Yajaira Hernandez, casts a shadow over the location where her sons remains are at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, on Nov. 20. Two men are in custody awaiting trial charged with the murder of El Camino engineering student Juan Hernandez. (Kim McGill | The Union)

Third defendant extradited, arraigned for murder of El Camino student

By Kim McGill
November 22, 2022

Trial in murder of El Camino student postponed until 2023

By Kim McGill
September 28, 2022

Suspect’s sentencing postponed in homicide of El Camino College student

By Kim McGill
May 11, 2022
Yajaira Hernandez holds a photo of her son, El Camino College student Juan Hernandez, 21, at the #SurvivorsSpeak rally in Sacramento on Tuesday, April 26. On Tuesday, May 3, Hernandez went to Clara Shortridge Foltz Courthouse for a hearing in the case of The People of Calif. vs. Sonita Heng. Heng, 22, has accepted a plea deal for her role in the murder of Hernandez son. (Kim McGill | The Union)

Trial of Ethan Astaphan has possible start date Sept. 6

By Kim McGill
May 8, 2022
Three storefronts now for sale in South Central Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. On Sept. 22, 2020 Juan Hernandez, a 21-year-old El Camino College student, came to his job here as a budtender for the V.I.P. Collective marijuana dispensary. His body was found nearly two months later at a remote location in the Mojave Desert. (Kim McGill | The Union)

Defendant in Hernandez homicide case pleads not guilty

By Kim McGill
March 16, 2022

Hearing in Juan Carlos Hernandez case postponed again

By Jose Tobar
September 27, 2021

Hearings of two individuals connected to ECC student’s death are postponed

By Jose Tobar
September 7, 2021
A mass was held in honor of Juan Carlos Hernández, an El Camino College student who went missing on Tuesday, Sept. 22 after his night shift at a marijuana dispensary, on Wednesday. Nov 25 at the Saint Vincent de Paul Parish in Los Angeles. His remains were found on Sunday, Nov 15 in a shallow grave in the Mojave desert, according to an LAPD press release. The ceremony in his honor was held outside due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jaime Solis/ The Union)

Mass held in light of student’s death

By Jeniffer Torres
November 25, 2020

Two suspects charged in death of Juan Carlos Hernández

By Juan Miranda
November 24, 2020
A vigil was held for Juan Carlos Hernández, in Martin Luther King Jr. park on Sunday, Oct. 4. Juan Carlos Hernández went missing on Sept. 22, last seen by a coworker as he got off his work shift. Guests from all walks of Juan’s life were invited as a testament and reminder that the search for him will not stop. (Jaime Solis/ The Union)

Body of missing student found, 2 suspects arrested

By Jeniffer Torres
November 20, 2020

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