Delisha Estrada’s Family Struggles Through Heartbreak and Loss
The loss of twenty-one-year-old Delisha Estrada has left a family shattered, but tonight they are facing an even harsher reality. An autopsy has confirmed that Estrada was the victim of homicide, turning what began as a desperate search for answers into a murder investigation. For her mother, Locett Vanegas, the findings only confirmed a painful suspicion she carried from the moment her daughter disappeared. Now, as police work to determine who is responsible and why, Estrada’s family is trying to pick up the pieces of a life suddenly torn apart. At the center of that struggle is a young boy who must now grow up without his mother. While investigators search for justice, Vanegas is confronting a different challenge, helping her grandson make sense of a tragedy that no child should ever have to endure. In an interview with News Five, she opens up about the heartbreak of losing her daughter, the questions that remain unanswered, and the strength her family is trying to find in the face of unimaginable grief.
On The Phone: Locett Vanegas, Mother of Deceased
“Really and truly, I still not satisfied. Still can’t get closure. ‘Cause I know from the beginning they murder my daughter. It’s so hard. Still hard. Especially that we have the baby and we have to deal with him and stuff like that. It’s so hard for us that we have to tell him every day when he asks for her, his mom. How can we tell him, how can we tell him what happened to his mom, you know? I just the try work, even though that I know this individual, you know? I still the try just work with the family at least. Maybe the sister that is concerned about the baby, you know? I just want the baby have like – I just want the baby surrounded with love. That’s all I need and I want right now. ‘Cause I can’t do nothing to bring back my daughter. All I could do da cherish her son, you know? And this will hurt me forever, but life goes on and I have to live for him and me. I try do my best to take my daughter out. But all I can – all I could have done da advise her and, you know. So, yeah. So I just want everybody know that once you see a child in abuse, do your best to try take them out. That’s all you can do.”
We reached out to the Williams family for comment, and while they asked for privacy as they continue mourning their own loved ones, they extended heartfelt condolences to Estrada’s family and stressed that the priority now should be supporting and caring for the child left behind.
Attention readers: This online newscast is a direct transcript of our evening television broadcast. When speakers use Kriol, we have carefully rendered their words using a standard spelling system.
Watch the full newscast here: