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A devastating crash in Broward County claimed the life of 35-year-old mother Maria Telez Valderrabano when a stolen car driven by a 15-year-old teen slammed into her vehicle. Now 19, the teen appeared in court, read a tearful letter of remorse to victims’ families, and faced charges of vehicular homicide and manslaughter. Body-camera footage shown during sentencing was so harrowing it sent the family into tears. Despite defense arguments highlighting his troubled upbringing—including abuse at home, academic struggles, and losing his mother young—the judge sentenced him to ten years in prison plus ten years probation, underscoring the irreversible cost of that one fateful moment.

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