Roadside Memories in Angeles National Forest

My goal is to maintain a catalog of roadside memorials in The Angeles out of respect for those who have passed, and their loved ones. These memorials are often temporary, and I'd like to distill the sentiment behind them someplace.

Last update: May 7th '26

Conor Prado

• Memorial Location: Google Maps
• Status: Removed (Observed: May 5th '26)
• Cause/Notes: 2 vehicle traffic collision. A Honda Fit is said to have come across the yellow line and cause a head-on with Conor in his S2000
• Information: Article - Article

Unknown

• Memorial Location: Google Maps
• Status: Standing (Observed: Apr 8th '25)
• Cause/Notes: Unknown. Hard to view- drone had to be used since blind turn. Established in either 2022 or 2023 (Google Street View)
• Information: None

Unknown

• Memorial Location: Google Maps
• Status: Standing (Observed: Feb 11th '25)
• Cause/Notes:Unknown. Might be related to the December 2024 crash detailed in the link below
• Information: Article

Jose Luis Tapia

• Memorial Location: Google Maps
• STATUS: Standing (Observed: Feb 11th '25)
• CAUSE / NOTES: Unknown
• INFORMATION: None

Unknown

• Memorial Location: Google Maps
• STATUS: Standing (Observed: Dec 2nd '23)
• CAUSE / NOTES: Unknown
• INFORMATION: None

Mango Mike (39)

• Memorial Location: Google Maps
• STATUS: Standing (Observed: Sep 11th '22)
• CAUSE / NOTES: Unknown
• INFORMATION: None

Sarah Alarid (19)

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Mar 12th '23)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown
• INFORMATIONArticle

Max Bernal Gonzalez

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Mar 12th '23)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown
• INFORMATIONNone

Unknown

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Jan 28th '23)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown
• INFORMATIONNone

Anggoro "Sonny" Putro (48), Radja Putro (19)

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Jan 28th '23)
• CAUSE / NOTESSingle Vehicle Traffic Collision. This was a high-profile incident in 2022 involving a red Porsche 911 GT3
• INFORMATIONArticle - Article

Unknown

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Jan 28th '23)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnable to access due to aggressive Poodle Dog Bush
• INFORMATIONNone

Sophia (19), Ethan (19)

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Jul 24th '22)
• CAUSE / NOTESSingle Vehicle Traffic Collision. This was a high-profile incident in 2021. The vehicle was found by a drone operator
• INFORMATIONArticle - Article

Unknown

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Jul 24th '22)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown
• INFORMATIONNone

Unknown

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Jul 24th '22)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown. Many car parts down below this memorial, so likely a traffic collision
• INFORMATIONNone

Edwin Salguero (21), Jonathan Salguero (17)

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSNo Longer Standing (Observed: Jan 28th '23)
• CAUSE / NOTESSingle Vehicle Traffic Collision
• INFORMATIONArticle

Andre Matin (20)

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSNo Longer Standing (Observed: Feb 11th '25)
• CAUSE / NOTESSingle Vehicle Traffic Collision
• INFORMATIONArticle - Article

Unknown (6 Markers)

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Jan 16th '22)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown, may be 2 combined sets of 3. Article below may explain 3 of the 6
• INFORMATIONArticle

Unknown

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSNo Longer Standing (Observed: Feb 11th '25)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown
• INFORMATIONNone

Florian Nitu

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Feb 6th '22)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown
• INFORMATIONNone

Unknown

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Feb 6th '22)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown
• INFORMATIONNone

Jesse Gutierrez

• Memorial LocationN/A
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Feb 6th '22)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown
• INFORMATIONNone

Unknown

• Memorial LocationGoogle Maps
• STATUSStanding (Observed: Jun 6th '22)
• CAUSE / NOTESUnknown
• INFORMATIONNone

Dillon Adams (17)

• Memorial Location: Google Maps
• Status: Standing (Observed: Jun 26th '22)
• Cause/Notes: Single Vehicle Traffic Collision
• Information: Article - Article