It was a final act of love in the face of uncertainty. It was the early morning hours near Stockton on Saturday when 69-year-old Jose Villalta woke up to the smell of smoke in the family’s home on Sunny Road.
“My dad hears a noise and tells my mom, ‘I think something’s going on.’ She goes, ‘Don’t worry about it. Go back to sleep.’ He gets up and then realizes the house is in flames,” Wilbert Villalta, Jose’s son, explained.
Jose Villalta woke up his entire family, all five of them, and got them outside to safety. That’s when he realized his 14-year-old grandson was missing…