It was a bright, bustling morning on Aug. 28. Sergio Ivan Chaparro Ayala, known to most as Sergio Chaparro, and his girlfriend, Estefani Montes, had just arrived at the Oakland San Francisco Bay International Airport. She was excited — this was their first anniversary trip, a surprise Las Vegas excursion she planned for them both to celebrate the life they were building.
“I planned a trip to Las Vegas, and I surprised him with that trip. Initially, we were gonna drive. However, because it was such a short time that we were gonna be there, we decided to fly, “ Montes said.
As the pair made their way through airport security it was business as usual: passports and IDs were scanned, security was a breeze, and they were on their way to their terminal until two men approached them…