Funeral Held For Fatally Injured Police Officer Riding the Chatsworth Metrolink 111

September 19, 2008 (by Otto Smyth)

Thursday the funeral for Officer Spree Desha one of the
fatally injured victims of the Metrolink 111 crash, at the
downtown cathedral Our Lady of the Angels was held. Officer Desha
was on the police force for seven years and had recently
transferred to Parker Center Headquarters and began riding the
Metrolink train.

Relatives, friends and colleagues were present; a horse without
rider was escorted in a procession along with four mounted officers
followed by a white hearse. Officers in full dress uniforms were
present at the doorway.