Chuck Rosenthal: So Tough on Crime That a Suspect Goes Free   It
was a Tuesday, four days after the murder, when Carrie and Lou
Ruiz were at the mortuary getting ready for the funeral service
scheduled for the following day. They had not been allowed to
see their daughter until then because she suffered so many deep
wounds that the embalming fluid was still leaking out of her.
The funeral home staff had asked Lou Ruiz the day before to
bring along a shirt with a high neck and long sleeves to cover
up the many cuts.  The Ruizes, accompanied by family members and
police, noticed a car slowly driving past. Carrie Ruiz couldn't
believe who was inside. It was Huerta and two other girls. When
Carrie Ruiz looked more closely, she saw Huerta was waving
Felicia's obituary out of the window, laughing. Carrie went to
rush out toward the car, but family members held her back.
Huerta drove off after police told her to leave.  "At the time,"
says Carrie Ruiz, "we just figured Huerta was making fun of
Felicia as some kind o