THE mother of one of the two victims who was found shot to death in a burning car has revealed that she has received haunting messages following her son’s death.
Michelle Morales said she was given horrific photos of Jesse Parrilla’s burning body the day before the 22-year-old college basketball player was confirmed dead.
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“Someone took a picture of him in the car,” Morales said.
“I’ve seen my son’s bones.”
The bodies of her child Jesse Parrilla and Nikki Huangboth 22, were found in a burning car at a golf course in the Bronx just after 4 a.m. on May 16.
Both victims had fatal gunshot wounds, according to a medical examiner.
Morales told WPIX she received the haunting messages moments after officials discovered Parrilla and Huang.
She said she knew her son was dead, even though the two victims were so badly burned they could not be identified for days.
According to the sources, the young couple was brutally murdered afterwards Huang told her alleged gang-involved friends that a rival group has stolen her wallet during a recent robbery.
The night before the two were found, there was a series of shootings during a gang-related revenge feud, police say.
At around 1 a.m., Parrilla was carjacked when he dropped off Huang at her apartment on the Lower East Side.
Huang was known in her community because her family owns a restaurant and a nail salon.
An alleged member of the Down the Hill gang had been shot dead in the East Village at the time, and two members of Up the Hill, a hostile gang, had also suffered gunshot wounds, police said.
Investigators believe Parrilla and Huang were taken to Queens, where another gang member is believed to have been shot at around 2:20 am.
Morales had called her son repeatedly, and he finally answered around this time to say, “I love you, Mom,” before the call dropped.
Parrilla and Huang both suffered gunshot wounds to the head. He was also found with a wound to the chest while she had a second shot to the neck.
“I don’t feel respected at his death, how it happened,” Morales told WPIX.
“I deserve answers… He’s all I had. I sacrificed and lived for him.’
Morales was a single mother when she was 19 when she had Parrilla.
She said he was completing business classes at Genessee Community College, where he was playing basketball at the time of his death.
“He didn’t like gangs. He wasn’t affiliated with that sort of thing,” she said.
“Jesse was a humble kid. As far as I know, Jesse hasn’t had any problems with anyone.’