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The vehicular manslaughter case stemming from a fatal crash on Hopyard Road last year will soon be dismissed after the defendant died in recent weeks, the Weekly has learned.
Jesus “Jesse” Ocampo Mangabay, 36, faced one misdemeanor count in connection with the sideswipe collision on Valentine’s Day morning 2022 that killed 48-year-old Pleasanton resident Ana Paula Munaretto.
While his case was still proceeding through the courts, Mangabay died of apparent natural causes at home in Pleasanton on March 27.
The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau confirmed the death to the Weekly but did not investigate, as it was deemed natural. An Amador Valley High School alum who worked for a medical device company, Mangabay was survived by a son and other family members, according to an obituary online from the family.
An Alameda County Superior Court judge will consider a motion to dismiss the manslaughter case in light of Mangabay’s death during a hearing this Friday, according to the District Attorney’s Office. That is the typical process for a pending criminal case when a defendant dies.
Prosecutors filed the lone misdemeanor count against Mangabay in July 2022 following the conclusion of the Pleasanton Police Department investigation, which alleged that Mangabay was driving about 20 mph over the speed limit when his vehicle sideswiped Munaretto’s car and forced it to crash into a light pole on Hopyard Road near Stoneridge Drive on the morning of Feb. 14, 2022.
Munaretto, a kid club aide with the Pleasanton Unified School District, died at an area hospital two days afterward from injuries sustained in the crash. Her son survived the collision but sustained serious injuries.
