{"id":642170,"date":"2026-07-27T17:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=642170"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:28:10","slug":"illegal-immigrant-killed-a-grandmother-on-a-publix-run-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=642170","title":{"rendered":"Illegal immigrant killed a grandmother on a Publix run, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Florida grandmother is dead after being run over by an illegal alien in a Publix parking lot.<\/p>\n

The incident happened in May, when 82-year-old Deborah Murphy was walking through a crosswalk in the Panama City Beach store\u2019s parking lot. Video captures the horrifying moment leading up to her being struck by a Toyota 4Runner, allegedly being driven by Venezuelan national Carlos Saurez-Contreras, who is reportedly in the United States illegally. Footage shows the Toyota backing up, but cuts off before the driver allegedly runs into Murphy, knocking her down. Instead of stopping to render aid and reporting the accident, the driver allegedly continues backing up, and running over the elderly woman before taking off.<\/p>\n

She succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" 82 YO Florida grandmother Deborah Murphy was killed on May 17 2026 when a vehicle backed over her in a Publix parking lot in Panama City Beach.<\/p>\n

Murphy was walking in a crosswalk back to her car when a Toyota 4Runner driven by 26 YO Carlos Suarez-Contreras struck her knocked\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/du3P2e65Qg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Steven J. Latham (@StevenJLatham1) July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The passenger in the front seat of the SUV was identified as 29-year-old Luis Sanabria, who is also allegedly in the country illegally. Both men are in custody at this time, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued detainers.<\/p>\n

Saurez-Contreras has pleaded not guilty to the charge of driving with a canceled license and causing a death.<\/p>\n

Fox News reported<\/a> that \u201cSanabria immediately left the scene on foot before law enforcement arrived, according to arrest records. He \u2018only returned when I had Suarez-Contreras call him,\u2019 a deputy reported later.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSanabria was found to have an expired visa, according to the incident report. He was released into the\u00a0custody of ICE, Jacob Navarro, public affairs specialist for the Bay County Sheriff\u2019s Office, told Fox News Digital,\u201d the outlet noted. \u201cSuarez-Contreras is being held without bond because of his immigration status and because it is believed that \u2018he is a potential flight risk,\u2019 Florida Highway Patrol records show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russell Ramey of Musca Law, the attorney defending Suarez-Contreras, claims that his client \u201cdidn\u2019t commit any crime regarding the charges he was arrested on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s simply an unfortunate incident and not criminal in nature,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n

As for Murphy\u2019s family, they are dedicated to pursuing justice for Deborah.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re determined to find justice and see Suarez-Contreras held accountable for his reckless actions,\u201d Murphy\u2019s twin daughters, Beth Schulz and Amy Edge, told Fox. \u201cShe touched so many lives as an amazing friend, teacher, mother and grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Florida grandmother is dead after being run over by an illegal alien in a Publix parking lot. The incident happened in May, when 82-year-old Deborah Murphy was walking through a crosswalk in the Panama City Beach store\u2019s parking lot. Video captures the horrifying moment leading up to her being struck by a Toyota 4Runner,… Continue reading Illegal immigrant killed a grandmother on a Publix run, police say<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":642171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=642170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/642171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=642170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=642170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=642170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}