Douglas man found unconscious, severely beaten

By XAVIER ZARAGOZA
The Daily Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 3:06 PM MDT


A 30-year-old Douglas man was found severely beaten and unconscious Sunday morning at the Sunspots mobile home park.


Oscar Sodari was air-evacuated to the University Medical Center in Tucson, said Marcus Gonzalez, the spokesman for the Douglas Police Department.

At about 6:40 a.m. a woman living at Sunspots found Sodari lying on the street as she was about to head out to the store.

Sodari was lying on the asphalt next to the concrete sidewalk at the 2200 block of Warpath. He had shallow breathing and was found with severe trauma to the face and head, Gonzalez said.

Douglas paramedics administered first-aid before Sodari was air-evacuated.

Neighbors heard a possible fight in the early morning, but details were unclear, Gonzalez said.

The police are continuing their investigation and arrests are pending.

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Comments

    annoyed wrote on May 16, 2008 2:58 PM:

    " Come on people enough!! We should all stop and think what is the best way to approach this matter. Maybe sunspots does need a good cleaning up, I think it should be up to the manager to start making it look better. We as parents should know we need to keep our children away from that stuff. And some parents choose to turn there back on this. Which is a disgrace! KEEP YOUR CHILDREN AWAY FROM DRUGS PLEASE! So lets clean up not just sunspots all of Douglas! "

    right and wrong wrote on May 14, 2008 4:58 PM:

    " yes it is wrong to say an area is really bad when there are really nice people who live among bad people but we also must see that SOME of the comments are right there are in fact alot of drugs and such in sunspots i have myself seen and smelt pot when i drive by the large group of kids standing outside of a few of the trailer homes there and look at the traffic at some of the homes we all get visitors but they come during normal hours and not by the hundreds "

    Concerned wrote on May 13, 2008 10:26 AM:

    " That last input was really harsh, see instead of coming up with solutions, people blame each other! Why can we all see that just because something bad like that happen there at sunspots, dosent mean its corrupt. It could have happen any where. But because the people there at sunspots are low to middle class people they are looked down on. We as a community need to help people in need and not make matters worst. Bad things happen in this world and it is our duty to make it better. So no more insults!!! "

    Sunspot Resident wrote on May 13, 2008 9:17 AM:

    " Speaking for myself and my family. I keep my front yard clean as well as my back yard. Yes many people there don't keep their yards clean but I know that my neighbors that live around my area do. Again just because some people choose to live like pigs doesn't mean that all of the rest of the residents of Sunspots are pigs "

    anonymous wrote on May 10, 2008 11:54 PM:

    " ACCORDING TO RESIDENTS OF SUNSPOT, THE PEOPLE WHO CAUSE ALL THE PROBLEMS THERE ARE NOT RESDIDENTS. I THINK THESE PEOPLE DO NOT GO IN THERE AND THROW TRASH ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE LADY WHO GOES OUTSIDE TO SMOKE SHOULD CLEAN THE FRONT OF HER HOUSE AND PROBABLY THE INSIDE INSTEAD OF DOING NOTHING AND JUST SMOKING. "

    Ex-Resident wrote on May 9, 2008 12:35 PM:

    " I was raised in sunspots and it was a quiet place and the residents here were very peaceful too. Just because bad things have happen there don't mean its a bad place. It's more OUTSIDE PEOPLE that bring bad stuff there. I do have to admit it does need a good cleaning. But I dont see why people think the worst in all residents that live there. And are quick to talk down to people that live there. People that do make a honest living there!!! Not all residents there are bad. Don't judge a book by its cover! "

    Sunspot Resident wrote on May 9, 2008 11:23 AM:

    " I have been a resident of Sunspots for many years. Not all residents are drug addicts or gangsters. Alot of residents are working class citizens and were out earning an honest living supporting our families. It is a known fact that most disturbances at Sunspot have been caused by non-residents. Yes their has been lower class citizens that have moved in and eventually move out could that be why Sunspot has such a bad name, possibly. I sit outside my house in the evenings and I don't fear for my life it's not as bad as people think it is. "

    to ms wrote on May 9, 2008 10:49 AM:

    " won't do no good to have a neighborhood watch if you have no one to resps86uond right or should it be as the title is called just watch? how about some back up uh? and maybe joe should be afraid like isn't the story about a man beaten up and the neighbors think they heard noises but the details were unclear maybe they thought it was part of the drugs effects "

    mm wrote on May 8, 2008 10:50 PM:

    " need to clean up them drug dealers on 4th st "

    ms wrote on May 8, 2008 4:56 PM:

    " How about setting up a neighborhood watch Joe. Are you brave enough to go???? It's not just the police's community!!!!! "

    Timmy wrote on May 7, 2008 10:07 PM:

    " Sunspot should be closed down! it is little more than a drug and gang haven. Why isn't the owner made to clean up that mess. and so close to a school. How can it be good for the kids to be exposed to that crime. Maybe Huber would no have such a drug problem id something was done about sunspot. "

    Eye Opener wrote on May 7, 2008 5:49 PM:

    " you see when people call letting you known about other things like driving to fast kids standing on the street but don't move, you as the police should of seen this coming. This part has gotten worst part because you don't do your job to "protect". I understand that the other half is our part but we have to work together. Maybe this could open your eye's & make you see that you need to pick up the trash around here & Douglas now I know that we are good people still left here we need that change. "

    David Z. wrote on May 7, 2008 2:27 PM:

    " There are certain parts of this city that have special crime problems. I, as a citizen, feel that the police should lend special attention to these areas to prevent something like this from occuring again. "

    Anonymous wrote on May 7, 2008 2:14 PM:

    " This is a small town; everyone here knows everyone. If people want to know what is going on we ask each other. Everybody knows who the low lifes in this town are. No one, including the police, can say that they have no idea. They lend a blind eye to crime. It has become my opion that, either the police are afraid to do something with respect to the problems, or are somehow benefited by it. "

    Concerned parent wrote on May 7, 2008 1:14 PM:

    " I have to agree with the comment made above. What are you cops waiting for more killings in that area. Don't be afraid to crack the wip.Don't let the problem get out of hand. The cops know who is causing trouble. Clean it up.
    Don't waste the taxpayers monies. "

    concerned citizen wrote on May 7, 2008 10:01 AM:

    " yes i agree with joe the sunspot area is a very bad area and the sad part is that it is just across the street from a school i remember when it was a new mobile home park it was clean and peaceful now there are drugs and drunks all over there i feel for the good people who have to live there come on dpd get to work and patrol all areas not just the down town areas or walmart "

    Joe F wrote on May 7, 2008 7:19 AM:

    " I hear this is a problem area. Not an isolated incident. Come on Douglas Police, go in and clean the place up. I can only imagine the pathetic little low-life wanna be thugs causing problems there.

    Don't let the problem get out of hand. The cops know who is causing trouble. Clean it up.
    "

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