Suspect identified in double fatality
Authorities released the identity Thursday of a man being sought in the hit-and-run death of a mother and one of her 4-year-old twin sons.
Roberto Carlos Paz, 43, is suspected of running a red light and broadsiding a minivan at Albertoni and Main streets about 9 p.m. on New Year’s Day.
Known to friends as “Carlos,” the suspect spends his time in Long Beach and South Los Angeles, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Midi Mikasa, 34, of Carson died at the scene, and her son Nathan died soon after. Her husband and other son remain hospitalized in critical condition.
Anyone with information on Paz, described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall, is asked to call sheriff’s investigators at (310) 830-1123.
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