Almost at the very end of this piece that some will find shocking, the companion of the guitarist of the band Jane's Addiction Dave Navarro, makes the comment that the quest he and Navarro have been on to find justice for the murder of Navarro's mother Connie and his Aunt Sue in March of 1983, in Westward, California might have been a terrible mistake. Navarro was 15 when he lost his mother and aunt, who was not a biological relative, but nevertheless a part of his life so ingrained that she was family. Murdered while he was at school, he was called to the principal's office and picked up by his father. With a growing sense of dread, he soon found his father's home surrounded by FBI and police only to be given the news that his beloved mother and caretaker had been murdered.
Constance Navarro had been a beautiful woman, an open and loving mother and a definative California example of the loving 1960's child. After divorcing Navarro's father, they remained close to give him a sense of continuity and sense of family. They both began to date and the man that Connie was seeing had an edge to him that Navarro describes as "scary", and "having a facade that he knew he could not maintain" and eventually, although she had a care taking nature, she could not change his violent tendencies and broke it off. His name was John Alexander Riccardi and he had an "if I can't have you,no one will" attitude.
Navarro grew up to be in one of the most well known alternative bands of the decade, but the murder had destroyed his life, in his words and led him to become a severe heroin addict. He pushed every limit he could, the literal highs and lows that in the end, made his world even darker than it already was. His eventual break from drug use and quest for justice with the help of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh makes for an edge of your seat experience.
This documentary had no rating and I'm not the MPAA. But it contains scenes of explicit sex, body modification, crime scene footage and hard core drug use. Use your own discretion. Highly recomended.
