Leeds Morelli & Brown,LLP::Divorce Legal Post

CNN reports that Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, the man who dressed up as Santa Claus and went on a shooting rampage in the Los Angeles suburb of Covina on Christmas Eve targeting his ex-wife and her family may have also had plans to kill his own mother and his ex-wife’s divorce attorney, according to the Covina Police Department.  Pardo committed suicide just hours after he embarked on a shooting escapade at the home of his ex-wife, Sylvia Ortega Pardo, killing nine people on Christmas Eve and setting a raging fire to his ex-wife’s home.  Pardo had also left a rental car with a gasoline canister outside the home of Scott Nord, his ex-wife’s divorce attorney.
A divorce between Pardo and Sylvia Ortega Pardo had been finalized in court on December 18, a mere six days before the murders.  Covina Police Chief Kim Raney described the divorce as a “somewhat contentious proceeding,” according to CNN.com.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/30/santa.shooting/index.html

The Los Angeles Times reports that the divorce between the two was especially heated because Pardo had kept secret the existence of a paraplegic son from his ex-wife, and the fact Pardo had claimed the secret son as a tax dependent for several years became a major factor in the divorce proceedings. 
The attorneys at Leeds Morelli & Brown, P.C. sympathies are with the Ortega family.  The attorneys at Leeds Morelli & Brown are dedicated to settling divorces amicably and they understand protecting clients and their families is an important task.  For any questions concerning domestic relations matters, contact an attorney at the Leeds Morelli & Brown P.C. law firm for a free consultation at 1-800-545-4658 or visit www.lbdivorcelaw.com.