Police are looking for leads in a murderous beating that took place after reports say that 23-year-old student, Kim Pham triggered the deadly attack by unintentionally photobombing a group of strangers.
Pham, who died after being beaten outside of a California nightclub, was removed from life support Tuesday and pronounced dead at 12:36 pm, after being declared brain dead from the incident, which took place in Santa Ana Saturday morning, Jan. 18.
It was a friend of Pham’s, who made the revelation that Pham was outside The Crosby club when she may have accidentally wandered in front of a camera as a group took a photo, according to Dailymail. Pham’s family kept her on life support until they could donate her organs – as per her status as an organ donor. Pham’s stepsister, Lisa, spoke lovingly of her, saying, “She would go out of her way to help others and never expect anything back from them.”
One suspect has been arrested and was arraigned Wednesday. Vanesa Tapia Zavala was charged with one felony count of murder for her role and at her arraignment Wednesday, bail was set at $1 million.
Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of the other suspects wanted in connection to the incident. The other two males and two females wanted in the case are described as “Hispanic, between 20 and 25 years of age,” Santa Ana Police Corporal Anthony Bertagna told KABC. Anyone with any information is urged to call the Santa Ana Police Department at (714) 245-839 or OC Crime Stoppers at (855) TIP-OCCS.