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SoCal restaurant owner was killed in botched kidnapping. Family has justice 28 years later

SoCal restaurant owner was killed in botched kidnapping. Family has justice 28 years later
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Manuel Vasquez, 20, and William David Hampton Jr., 19, botched the kidnapping scheme. When Ventura restaurateur Felipe Arambula arrived home to them holding his wife and young children captive, a fight ensued, and Arambula was fatally shot.

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