Beating victim far from out of the woods; no arrests
Submitted by admin on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 2:01am
“Right now we just hope he does not stop breathing.”
If he does, it means Derek Penaranda will likely have died.
Penaranda’s parents are hoping and praying their son will survive the beating he sustained in a South Lake Tahoe bar last weekend. Today he is clinging to life in a coma at Renown Medical Center in Reno.
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