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#JusticeforCarla

 * 1) JusticeforCarla, was created on Facebook by Maria Patricia Abuel. This Facebook group was created after an accident that happened on February 12th, 2014 involving the death of Nastasha Carla Abogado and an officer who was on-duty at the time of the accident.

The Accident
On the evening of February 12th 2014 Nastasha Carla Abogado died at St. Clair Ave East near Warden Avenue in Toronto was hit by an unmarked York Regional Police vehicle that was being driven by an on duty officer who was working on an Undercover operation in that area that evening. Natasha Carla Abogado was 18 years old and had recently graduated from Notre Dame High School (Toronto) in the summer of June 2013. She worked at Victoria Secret, where she was working many hours to save up money so that she could go to school but also so that she could pay for tuition. According to The Toronto Star, the family was informed by Toronto Police Service that the accident happened a little before 8:30pm that evening. At the time of her death she was coming back from working a day shift at Victoria Secret and was supposed to be home for 8. Her parents started to worry about their daughter as she was not home yet, and her father decided to go see what the commotion was near the house. As her father got to the yellow tape, he asked the police officer if her name was Carla. The officer never answered her father, and her father knew it was her. He returned home and gave the sad news to his wife and his other two children. As of recently, there is still the memorial cross hanging on the phone pole near the Abogado's home on St.Clair near Warden. In the news video done by CBC, talking about the lawsuit (which will be discussed later), her parents want justice for their daughter as in their opinion their daughter deserves to have lived a full life, then rather die the way she did on that winter evening.

The Investigation Aftermath
As the accident occured with an on duty officer, as well that a death occurred, the Special Investigations Unit was assigned to oversee the investigation to determine what happened. The Special Investigation Unit assigned seven investigators, two forensic experts and one collision reconstructionist to the case, as it was a high-profile case that involved death and a police officer. As of June 12th 2014, the SIU investigation on the officer was concluded. The officer at the wheel of the car was Detective-Constable Remo Romano was charged with dangerous driving causing death. As of September 12th 2014, the Abogado family has filed a civil Lawsuit against the York Regional Police and Detective-Constable Remo Romano for $2.2 Million Dollars. The Abogado Family is represented by lawyer John A. McLeish who filed the civil suit for the Abogado family would like to see the data from the black box that was in the Detective-Constable car at the time. Since the lawsuit has recently come out, the family and the police service have not spoken publicly about the lawsuit.