The loved ones of two brothers and a woman who’d been engaged to marry one of them have announced plans for an East County fund-raiser and online site to bolster a reward fund in hopes of tracking down whoever murdered them last winter.
The families hope the April 13 benefit will help generate enough money and public awareness to solve the murders of Gianni and Salvatore Belvedere, ages 24 and 22, and the elder sibling’s fiancee, Ilona Flint, also 22.
Anyone interested in giving can get information online at GoFundMe.com, on the page, “Justice for Sal, Gianni & Ilona,” or show up at the event, family spokesman Paul Donato said.
The younger brother and the woman were found mortally wounded by gunfire in a parked car at Westfield Mission Valley shopping center early on the morning of Dec. 24.
Three weeks later, Gianni Belvedere’s body was found in the trunk of a sedan outside a fast-food restaurant near March Air Force Base in Riverside. He had been shot in the head, according to police, who had been searching for the former Utah resident since his brother and fiancee were found.
All three deaths were ruled homicides, SDPD Lt. Mike Hastings said.
Authorities have disclosed no suspected motive for the killings and have released only a limited description of a possible suspect seen at the site of the mall shooting – a roughly 5-foot-11-inch man in tan pants, white tennis shoes and a black hooded sweat shirt with white bands across the upper parts of the sleeves.
In addition to cash contributions, the victims’ loved ones are requesting donations of items, tools, electronics, gift certificates, sporting goods, etc., to be auctioned during the eight-hour fund-raiser at Eastbound Bar & Grill in Lakeside.
The owners of the Maine Avenue tavern also plan to donate part of their proceeds for the day to the cause, Donato said.
– City News Service
