Adam and Carlie Whitlatch shared a love story that started when the two were just 11- and 12-year-old middle school students in Beaumont.
The couple were married for exactly 13 days when the future they planned together came to a tragic end.
“He took literally everything from me,” said her grieving husband. “I planned to grow old with her, I planned to have kids with her … planned to buy a house.”
Last Friday, the 23-year-old newlywed was on her way home from work when investigators say she was killed by a DUI driver.
“He hit her from behind at around 95 mph as she was sitting at a stop sign,” said her mother, Buenita Shoemaker.
According to the California Highway Patrol, a deputy with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department attempted to pull over a driver who was driving the wrong way on Seminole Drive near the Cabazon Outlets. But instead of pulling over, they say the driver took off, resulting in a high-speed chase.
The driver, identified as 48-year-old Jason McQueary, slammed into the victim’s Nissan.