MARTINEZ — The man who crashed his car into three 12-year-old step-siblings, killing one and injuring two, was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison after giving a Contra Costa judge ultimate control over his fate, records show.
But before he was formally sentenced, 31-year-old Ray Shaqil Reeves heard essays read aloud in court from the boy and girl who were walking with 12-year-old Gianathon Vincent on the day he was killed in September 2022. Police said at the time that Reeves’ was speeding in a Chevrolet Impala that crashed into a Mercury Mystique at a red light near Sycamore Drive and Manzanita Way, causing the Chevrolet to leave the roadway and strike the three children on their way home from school.
“I just want you to know I love and I miss you a lot and you will always be in my heart forever. A lot don’t feel the same without you, everything just feels so rotten and cold,” Gianathon’s now 14-year-old stepsister said in court the day Reeves was sentenced…