Humble Family Makes Arrangements To Bring Fallen Marine Home

HUMBLE, TX -- The family of a Humble Marine who was killed while helping a women after a traffic accident on a California freeway, is working through the red tape to bring their son home for a proper military burial.

On Dec. 19, Marine Staff Sgt. Enrico Rojo, 29, and his fiancée were driving to Los Angeles International Airport so the couple catch their flight to Houston for Christmas, when they saw the accident and stopped to help the woman.

According to the California Highway Patrol, when Rojo was helping the woman, he was hit by another car that tried to avoid him.

Since then, his father, Miguel Rojo has been working to try and bring his son’s body back home with the proper military honors.

"I would like to bring closure because we only have one shot giving Enrico the honor he deserves and we we would like to do it properly and perfectly," Miguel Rojo told KPRC.

The Rojo family have been waiting for his body to be released from San Bernardino County so they could bring him back to Houston, but the coroner’s office there was backlogged with cases and it initially looked like Enrico’s body wouldn’t be returned to Houston until after the New Year.

However, by late Tuesday afternoon things had changed and the Roja family is making the needed arrangements to bring closure to the family.

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