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The three best friends died. Joshua Ivascu, Joshua Hawkins and Sergio were all hospitalized for injuries ranging from a concussion to fractured vertebrae.

The California Highway Patrol arrested Chandra at his home. He’s charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. He pleaded not guilty on Feb 21.

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The boys’ families held a funeral service for the trio at Corona’s Northpoint Evangelical Free Church.

Today, Jacob and Daniel are buried beside each other at Olivewood Memorial Park in Riverside. Drake has a plot just about 20 feet away, “as close as we could get,” says Drake’s mother, Debbie.

“We weren’t going to separate the boys, even in the ground,” Daniel’s mother Janet says.

The families want to honor their sons’ lives, and have recently launched a website called Rememberthe3.com.

“I don’t want them to become a statistic — like, ‘Oh, three teenage boys killed,’” says Daniel’s father, Craig.

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