Marshall Campbell Judson, 31, is facing three counts of murder, three counts of fleeing a pursuing peace officer's motor vehicle causing death, one count of assault with a deadly weapon upon a peace officer, and one count of carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle, loaded and not registered.
"The senseless death of a young couple just weeks away from the birth of their first child is heartbreaking and enraging," said Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman in a statement. "Jennifer Loera-Zarco and Marc Trejo Saldivar had their whole lives ahead of them. Now, instead of planning celebrations to welcome a newborn, their families are planning funerals. I extend my deepest sympathies to the victims' families and their entire community devastated by this enormous loss. Our office will prove these charges in court and seek the maximum possible sentence to ensure accountability."
At a hearing on Monday, Judson's arraignment was continued to April 28. He's being held without bail.
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Details of the crash
According to the Pomona Police Department, officers responded at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic violence call in the 400 block of East 10th Street, about a quarter-mile east of Garey Avenue.
"When officers arrived and were speaking with the victim, the suspect returned to the location in a truck, driving recklessly and intentionally struck a parked patrol vehicle," according to a police statement. "The suspect then fled the scene, initiating a police pursuit."
Officers chased the suspect south on Garey Avenue, where his truck collided with a car near the intersection of Garey Avenue and County Road. Both people in the car, reported to be a silver Ford sedan, were pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel.
Loera-Zarco and Saldivar both died from blunt force trauma.
Judson was arrested late Wednesday night by Pomona police.
Murder charges filed after crash kills pregnant woman, boyfriend
A GoFundMe page was set up to help pay for the victims' funeral expenses.
"We also have a GoFundMe, because we wish to put them all three together, and that's more than a lot of us can do at once, and afford, something especially that happened so tragically and suddenly and not expected. I wasn't planning on doing this ever. They were supposed to put me first. But, just whatever you guys can help... it's just to make sure that they get buried together," Amber Torres, the pregnant victim's sister, said at a Friday-night vigil in honor of the victims. "They left together. We want them together. They're together up there in heaven. We want them together. That's all."
City News Service contributed to this report.