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About as tragic as it gets
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Tragic story.Comment
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nailed it.Originally posted by Magnus View Post
Such a tragic story that didn't have to happen. But, I'm sure homeboy was a "good guy" and "never did nuffin wrong".
My heart hurts for that baby, and the mother. I hope she pulls through. The baby deserves to have at least one parent not stolen from them.Comment
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Life was going well for Colby Bozo.
A sergeant in the Army Reserves who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Bozo had seen his health improving after having seizures since returning from his last tour.
Three months ago, Bozo married his love, Kristen, and they were expecting their first child.
“Everything was looking very up for him,” said his father, Michael Bozo.
Thursday morning, Colby and Kristen Bozo were leaving a doctor’s appointment when police say their Mercedes was struck by a stolen Audi driven by a man trying to elude police.
“They were actually leaving the doctor’s office,” said Michael Bozo. “They were going home after the sonogram.”
Colby Bozo, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene.
His wife, 37 weeks pregnant, was taken by helicopter ambulance to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, where doctors delivered her son early.
“We just left our grandchild who was born prematurely,” Michael Bozo said in a phone interview Friday morning. “He is in ICU. His name is Brody.”
Michael Bozo said his daughter-in-law remained in “very critical condition” Friday.
The suspect, identified by police Friday as 29-year-old Jason Bernard Miller, was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and was being held in the Bedford Jail.
Miller, who has a previous conviction for manslaughter, faces charges of murder, evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
Total bail was set at $1,030,000.
Miller’s criminal history
According to Bedford police, a patrol officer was traveling west in the 2300 block of L. Don Dodson Drive when he spotted a black Audi speeding east.
The officer turned on his emergency lights and sirens and turned around in an attempt to stop the Audi.
“The officer quickly lost sight of the suspect vehicle and continued eastbound,” Bedford police said in a news release issued Friday.
At the intersection of Murphy Drive and L. Don Dodson Drive, the officer saw that the Audi had collided with a gray Mercedes.
“The Bedford officer observed the suspect driver exiting the Audi through the sunroof and the officer ordered the suspect to the ground and placed him under arrest without incident,” the release states.
Investigators later learned that the Audi had been stolen in Dallas on June 17.
Miller had previously been arrested for murder in December 2005 by Dallas police, court records show.
According to a police report narrative, Miler was accused of firing a shot into a Dallas residence, striking and fatally wounding a 60-year-old man inside the home.
Dallas County court records show Miller pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in June 2007 and was sentenced to eight years behind bars.
Given credit for time served in jail before his conviction, Miller was released in December 2013 after serving his sentence, according to Jason Clark, a spokesman with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
A ‘great big smile’
A 2008 graduate of L.D. Bell High School, Colby Bozo had lived his whole life in the area, his father said.
“He was born in HEB hospital,” Michael Bozo said. “Unfortunately, he passed away about a half-mile from where he was born.”
Michael Bozo said his son always had a “great big smile” on his face.
“If you knew him, you loved him. He was that kind of guy,” Michael Bozo said.
Colby Bozo’s older brother, Staff Sgt. Gabriel Bozo, described his brother as an amazing man and gentle soul “that would never hurt a fly.”
“He was so kind,” Gabriel Bozo said. “It’s such a tragedy that something like this could have happened to him of all people.”
Gabriel Bozo said his little brother had looked up to him and had followed his footsteps in joining the Army.
“He was a little mini-me,” Gabriel Bozo said.
He said his brother was rising in the ranks and becoming a superstar in the military.
“I remember two months ago, he was bragging that he was going to catch up to me in rank,” he said. “I told him if he ever did, I would take him out to a really good dinner. Now I’ll never have that chance.”
Gabriel Bozo said his brother worked special operations command, serving as an interrogator and human intelligence collector while in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“He was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to help save and secure us and secure the Iraqi and Afghan people from criminals,” Gabriel Bozo said. “Then he comes home and gets killed by a criminal where he’s supposed to be safe.”
That his brother’s death comes just three months after getting married and before he was able to meet his new son only adds to the tragedy.
“They say the accident was so quick, it was painless,” Gabriel Bozo said. “To me, that’s a little bit worse because he didn’t get to say his goodbyes. He didn’t have the opportunity to look into his wife’s eyes and just tell her that he loved her. He wasn’t afforded that opportunity. His life was stolen from him.”
Deanna Boyd, 817-390-7655
Twitter: @deannaboyd
A donation account has been set up to help support Sgt. Colby Bozo’s wife, Kristen, and their newborn son, Brody. Contributions can be made by going online to www.gofundme.com/soldiersfuneral.
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murder pleads down to manslaughter gets time served.
Law abiding citizen story.
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Worthless n@#$%& ruining someone elses life. Hope he dies a painful death.Comment
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Different story . Fridays big heavy rainstorm brought out a fucking dumb shit. Few minutes after the storm started on my way home on the george bush. Dumb ass in a Audi driving 60+mph while every one else drive 40mph in that dam down pour. He/she passes me and about 10 miles later on george bush i catch up to yhe Audi facing the opposite way. They must have hit someone. So bad friday that no one should have been passed.Comment
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Audi's tend to drive a bit faster in precipitationComment
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