Assist in Honoring Bobby Jenkins Jr.'s Memory

On Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Miami Shores, Fla., Bobby Jenkins Jr., a 36-year-old, was tragically killed after a wrong-way crash with a 41-year-old man who was driving home after an 11-hour date in which he was drinking on and off, according to police.

According to Capt. Christine Herbert, of the Miami Shores Police Department, police officers spotted the fiery crash after 3:05 a.m., near Barry University. Miami-Dade traffic homicide detectives investigated it.

Carlos Humberto Fabian collided with a car and a motorcycle on North Miami Avenue, near Northeast 108th Street. Miami-Dade firefighters faced the flames coming from Fabian’s Volkswagen Jetta. Fire rescue personnel declared Bobby Jenkins, the motorcyclist, dead and took Lindsey Laquerre, the motorcyclist’s passenger, to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.

Hours after the crash, a white tarp covered Jenkins’s body near what was left of his KTM motorcycle. Laquerre had broken bones and a head concussion, according to police. The burned Jetta had crossed the grass and was on the sidewalk.

Detectives accused Fabian, a North Bay Village resident born in Guatemala, of driving northbound on the southbound lanes. According to police, Alain Louissant, an Uber driver traveling southbound, reported the Jetta collided with his Hyundai first before the head-on crash with the motorcycle.

During the investigation, detectives found Kelly Gonzalez’s cellphone inside the Jetta. According to police, Gonzalez wasn’t in the car, but she reported she saw Fabian drinking alcohol with her off and on from about 3 p.m., on Saturday, to about 2 a.m., on Sunday, while the two were on a date.

According to the arrest report, Fabian agreed to blood draws with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel at about 5:50 a.m., 9:40 a.m., and 10:40 a.m., and police officers arrested him at about 11 a.m. He was facing charges of driving under the influence, DUI causing serious bodily injury, and two counts of DUI damage to property or person.

Your generosity will have a profound impact on helping us lay Bobby to rest.

On behalf of our beloved Bobby “OG” Jenkins Jr., we are seeking assistance to help the family with his unexpected home going services. Bobby was a very ambitious young man. He was a family man, he was always there when we needed him. This was my son and this grief gives me so much pain, however, I still forgive the man who killed my son. Even though this can never replace my son, he still has to be held accountable for his careless decisions he chose.

Bobby leaves behind a son, a mother, a stepfather, sisters, and a brother.