Daniel Crespo, mayor of Bell Gardens, California, was killed on September 30, 2014, at age 45 during a domestic dispute at his home. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported the argument between Daniel and his wife, Lyvette Crespo, escalated when their 19-year-old son, Daniel Jr., intervened. Around 2:30 p.m., Lyvette retrieved a firearm and shot Daniel multiple times in the upper torso; he was pronounced dead after being transported to a hospital.

Lyvette Crespo was detained and questioned and later released pending a decision by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The investigation noted a tumultuous relationship with allegations of long-term domestic abuse; her defense claimed she acted in self-defense after years of physical and emotional abuse. In November 2016 she pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received 90 days in county jail, 500 hours of community service, an anger management course, and five years of formal probation. Daniel Crespo’s family criticized the sentence as too lenient.

Are there details about the dispute or the family dynamics that anyone with information can share?