A grieving mother’s roadside memorial is vandalized right before Christmas. Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photo
Grieving mother Kim Szymanski discovered the roadside memorial dedicated to her son and his friend had been vandalized Friday, Dec. 23.Szymanski’s son Jacob and Deborah Barksdale’s son Jon perished in a single car accident at the site of the memorial.Officials investigating the scene in Aguanga, June 13, 2017, found that Jacob Szymanski, 26, and Jonathan Barksdale, 28, both of Anza, died before dawn, when their 2007 Mustang failed to negotiate a curve, struck a boulder and flipped. The car crossed into the opposing westbound lane and went off the north roadway edge. It struck the boulder about 25 feet off the roadway and overturned onto its roof on State Highway 371 near Barbara Trail.A well-tended and decorated memorial dedicated to the young men was built near the crash s
