# SoCal restaurant owner was killed in botched kidnapping. Family has justice 28 years later

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Los Angeles Times, Nov 5, 2026, 7:00 AM · Read it: <https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-11-05/socal-restaurant-owner-was-killed-in-botched-kidnapping-family-has-justice-28-years-later>

Manuel Vasquez, 20, and William David Hampton Jr., 19, botched the kidnapping scheme. When Ventura restaurateur Felipe Arambula arrived home to them holding his wife and young children captive, a fight ensued, and Arambula was fatally shot.

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- Nov 5, 2026, 7:00 AM: [SoCal restaurant owner was killed in botched kidnapping. Family has justice 28 years later](<https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-11-05/socal-restaurant-owner-was-killed-in-botched-kidnapping-family-has-justice-28-years-later>) — Los Angeles Times (Newspaper, United States)
  Manuel Vasquez, 20, and William David Hampton Jr., 19, botched the kidnapping scheme. When Ventura restaurateur Felipe Arambula arrived home to them holding his wife and young children captive, a fight ensued, and Arambula was fatally shot.
