My friend's dad was attacked and brutally beaten Sunday night

[lowthreeohz]

Best wishes to the old man and his family.

[orphan Shelby]

That's horrible. Hope he comes through. Do they release suspects names in cases like this?

You guys sound a lil bit paranoid lol

[Binky]

Jesus dude.

[talisman]

Feel so bad for this man. At least he has a slight sense of humor about it.


The good news is that Luis Rocha, 70 is recovering from last Sunday's random beating outside the Mockingbird Campisi's. He's well enough to give TV interviews, anyways, and quip of the men who broke a dozen of his ribs and left him in the Baylor ICU, "Maybe they wanted my pizza."

But Rocha, who also suffered a skull fracture, shattered eye socket, a broken shoulder blade, and cracks in his spine, is still in the hospital and faces a lengthy recovery, including three facial reconstructive surgeries, according to WFAA. Meanwhile, the attackers are on the loose, and police have no reliable information about them.

Rocha, a grandfather, Army vet, and small business owner, doesn't remember much from the attack.

"I had my pizza in my hand, and I walked to the Navigator, which is the car that I drive," Rocha told WFAA. "The next thing I remember in clarity was that I was in ICU at Baylor."

They hit him with a pipe, or maybe a crow bar and stomped on his back hard enough to leave boot prints. Twice, a priest visited his hospital bed to give Rocha his last rites.

Oak Farms Dairy has offered a $10,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of Rocha's attackers. Rocha promises they will be caught, "either on the face of this earth or on the next voyage we take."

Video in the link: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfa...luis_rocha.php

[JP135]

Wasn't that a mob hangout years ago?

There are rumors about that kind of stuff from back in the day

If it was a mob hangout and a customer had this happen to him, the PD wouldn't need to waste time finding the suspects; they'd meet a tragic end and be found face down in a dumpster.

[Zfan]

If it was a mob hangout and a customer had this happen to him, the PD wouldn't need to waste time finding the suspects; they'd meet a tragic end and be found face down in a dumpster.

Or get tossed in a meat grinder.

Seriously, must be a real tough guy to jump a 70 yr old man with his hands full. Make a big enough reward and they will find him. Hood Rats have no honor, they will sell their own mother for a 10 spot.

When they catch him they need to put him in with the general population, that way a couple of Mama's Boy's can give him a little something to think about.

[svauto-erotic855]

I walk my dog in this area pretty regularly and wish that I had come across this as it was going on. That area is never one that I spot what looks like trouble so it is shocking to hear about this happening.

[YALE]

I walk my dog in this area pretty regularly and wish that I had come across this as it was going on. That area is never one that I spot what looks like trouble so it is shocking to hear about this happening.

This. It just isn't a bad area, even with Mockingbird Station bringing people in from all over.

[Jose]

Damn Dewey! I heard about this on the news after it had happened and had no idea that you knew them. Glad to hear he's doing better.

[46Tbird]

Hood Rats have no honor, they will sell their own mother for a 10 spot.

Donovan, one of the daytime guys on 1310 The Ticket, said just yesterday that he knows a woman that makes a living of ratting people out to Dallas Crime Stoppers.