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Tuesday morning, Armando Sorria, 47, left, and Autumn Martinez, 32, tidy up the sidewalk memorial for beating victim Kim (Annie) Pham, 23, rearranging the hundreds of flowers and candles left. Pham is being kept on life support, her family said, because it was her wish to be an organ donor. Sorria frequents the area and said his sadness was redirected into helping with the memorial.
Martinez, who studies criminal justice at nearby Everest College, said of Pham, "She's just as young as me. It's really sad. I just want to show my respect and I'm saying a prayer for her."
The victim was waiting in line to get into a popular nightspot that attracts people who crave old-school hip-hop and $15 hamburgers, where the floor is cleared late at night so customers can dance.Far from a seedy dive bar, The Crosby, at Fourth Street and Broadway, is an anchor of the city's growing downtown night scene – what one local business owner and resident calls “a place for people to love and hang out.”
Now, The Crosby, operating since 2008 in an area not known recently for a high crime rate, is linked to the savage beating of a young woman whose assault early Saturday morning – in front of dozens of people lined up outside the venue – is being pieced together by Santa Ana police.
Kim “Annie” Pham, 23, of Westminster was declared dead Tuesday at 12:36 p.m., according to the Santa Ana Police Department. She had been on life support, in the hope that her organs could be donated, according to a family statement.
A woman believed to be in her 20s has been arrested in connection with the incident. Her name has not been released by police, who are searching for two other women and two men who they believe kicked and punched the 5-foot-1, 115-pound Pham in the head and body.
Police also hope to find more cellphone video and surveillance footage from area businesses.
A video of the incident posted online shows people wrestling and kicking a figure on the ground as a small crowd looks on. One person crouches nearby to get cellphone video, and a security guard wades into the melee, apparently trying to intervene. Police are hoping other video will show events, such as an argument, that might have led to the incident, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
Bertagna said detectives are hoping people who were with the female suspect will tell their side of the story. Fourteen Santa Ana police officers responded to the scene before they called in detectives to investigate.
VIVACIOUS, SMART
People who knew Pham, a 2008 graduate of Marina High School in Huntington Beach who studied psychology at Chapman University, describe a vivacious woman who loved to write and who dabbled in modeling and acting.
On her Facebook page, Pham described herself as “analytical,” “truthful” and “big-hearted.”
She talks about her love of her family and friends and how she doesn't try to impress anyone but herself and her “main squeeze – my pops.”
Carol Brodbeck, a psychology professor at Chapman, where Pham also worked for student-run Panthervision TV, described her as well-liked.
“She wrote with passion and wisdom beyond her years,” Brodbeck said. “Annie ... will be missed dearly by the Chapman community.”
Ed Dana, who has been teaching psychology at Chapman for more than 20 years, said he taught Pham in four classes and considers her a friend.
Now, The Crosby, operating since 2008 in an area not known recently for a high crime rate, is linked to the savage beating of a young woman whose assault early Saturday morning – in front of dozens of people lined up outside the venue – is being pieced together by Santa Ana police.
Kim “Annie” Pham, 23, of Westminster was declared dead Tuesday at 12:36 p.m., according to the Santa Ana Police Department. She had been on life support, in the hope that her organs could be donated, according to a family statement.
A woman believed to be in her 20s has been arrested in connection with the incident. Her name has not been released by police, who are searching for two other women and two men who they believe kicked and punched the 5-foot-1, 115-pound Pham in the head and body.
Police also hope to find more cellphone video and surveillance footage from area businesses.
A video of the incident posted online shows people wrestling and kicking a figure on the ground as a small crowd looks on. One person crouches nearby to get cellphone video, and a security guard wades into the melee, apparently trying to intervene. Police are hoping other video will show events, such as an argument, that might have led to the incident, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
Bertagna said detectives are hoping people who were with the female suspect will tell their side of the story. Fourteen Santa Ana police officers responded to the scene before they called in detectives to investigate.
VIVACIOUS, SMART
People who knew Pham, a 2008 graduate of Marina High School in Huntington Beach who studied psychology at Chapman University, describe a vivacious woman who loved to write and who dabbled in modeling and acting.
On her Facebook page, Pham described herself as “analytical,” “truthful” and “big-hearted.”
She talks about her love of her family and friends and how she doesn't try to impress anyone but herself and her “main squeeze – my pops.”
Carol Brodbeck, a psychology professor at Chapman, where Pham also worked for student-run Panthervision TV, described her as well-liked.
“She wrote with passion and wisdom beyond her years,” Brodbeck said. “Annie ... will be missed dearly by the Chapman community.”
Ed Dana, who has been teaching psychology at Chapman for more than 20 years, said he taught Pham in four classes and considers her a friend.
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