Beautiful Sandy Desoto killed on her Motorcycle by suspected Drunk Driver

I received the following letter via the Biker Law Blog contact page from a friend of Sandy Desoto on May 19, 2011. I am going to publish the entire letter below unedited, and then I will comment below.

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From: Nobody [mailto:xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of James R. Brennan

Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:14 PM

To: xxxxxxxxxx

Subject: From Biker Law Blog; Death of Sandy Desoto, May 7, 2011

From: James R. Brennan <xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Death of Sandy Desoto, May 7, 2011

Message Body:

Hello,

I work out on a regular basis as Gold’s Gym Venice.  Sandy Desoto was a regular there as both a personal trainer and to do her own routine.  I was shocked to find out that she’d been killed on her motorcycle by a 74-year old New Jersey tourist making an illegal u-turn, while intoxicated.  I was so interested in how this situation might play out, that I went to the Santa Monica police department and asked for a case number so that i might take it over to the DA’s office at the LAX courthouse in order to follow the courtroom proceedings as they unfolded.  I was again shocked when investigator Detective Dawson told me, in no uncertain terms, that he would NEVER release ANY information about this case:  not the driver of the car, not any of the finding of facts from the investigation, NOT ANYTHING – EVER!  I asked him why this case was considered to be so special that he couldn’t even reveal the name of the driver of the car?  His only response was that the family of Sandy had requested that no information be given out.  I asked him if there was any way that I could force the issue in order to obtain the available information, and he told me that I’d have to obtain a “freedom of information” writ.  This whole business stinks to high heaven and seems to me like some kind of a coverup.  Was there something wrong with Sandy?  Was the driver a high-profile individual that doesn’t want his name spread?  Anyway, I believe that something should be done to pry this information out of the police.  I thought that this kind of thing was a matter of public record.  I would like to get your take on what I’ve said here.  Also, I will make myself available to do whatever’s necessary to bring this case out of the shadows and into the light.  Thank you! Jim
Brennan
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It does not take a rocket scientist to see that some kind of cover up is going on here. I think that the public has a right to know why a person was killed on city streets by another person, and why the person who did the killing seems to be protected.

I am going to make my own inquiries, but in the meantime, I would ask all of you to call the Santa Monica Police department and ask them why they are covering up what happened.

California Motorcycle Accident Attorney Norman Gregory Fernandez

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Beautiful Sandy Desoto was killed while riding her Motorcycle by a suspected Drunk Driver

Santa Monica – California

Sandy DeSoto, 48, of Marina Del Rey, was fatally injured May 7 and taken off life support Thursday.

Santa Monica police are investigating the accident in which a 74-year-old New Jersey man was booked on suspicion of drunken driving and released pending any charges.

The former Ford model, who worked out of Gold’s Gym in Venice, divided her time between her boat, a house in Palm Springs and a cabin in Big Bear.

A lifelong athlete and avid motorcycle rider, she reportedly was headed toward home after watching a Friday night boxing match when a tourist made an illegal U-turn in front of her, and her southbound BMW GS 1100R struck the side of his car in the 1700 block of Ocean Avenue.

The Minnesota-born beauty, who spoke fluent Spanish and German, spent her early years in Los Angeles, then moved to Guatemala with her parents, where she attended high school and college. She was an Olympic hopeful in track and field but sidelined due to a knee injury, according to a bio on her website.

She is survived by her mother and a brother, both of whom in live in Southern California.

Police stated they may turn their case over to the District Attorney’s Office for consideration of charges next week.

Funeral plans were pending today for a well-known personal trainer fatally injured in a motorcycle accident on Santa Monica’s Ocean Avenue.

What I cannot understand is why the idiot that killed Sandy was released pending any charges. If he was booked for suspicion of drunk driving, why was he not charged with drunk driving murder or at the minimum manslaughter for making an illegal U turn.

I ride my motorcycle almost every day. The way I look at this situation is that it could have been any one of us motorcycle riders who could have been the victim of this fool who made the illegal left turn.

I was riding with some bro’s yesterday, and some idiot who was illegally holding a cell phone to his head almost switched into my lane. Luckily I have a loud mini-beast air horn. When I opened up my Mini Beast the guy jumped. That is why I got the damm thing.

I send my prayers and condolences to the family of Sandy DeSoto; she did not deserve to go out this way.

The chump who killed her needs to have the book thrown at him.

California Motorcycle Accident Attorney, and Biker Lawyer, Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq.

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