Daniel James Aiello, owner of Midtown Moped in Sacramento and a longtime freelancer who wrote for the Bay Area Reporter and other local publications, was found dead in his shop on the morning of April 15, according to CBS Sacramento. The news service reported that Sacramento Police later announced the arrest of Kyle Fletcher, who is accused of burglarizing Aiello’s home and killing Aiello with a belt.
Aiello “will be deeply missed,” B.A.R. news editor Cynthia Laird told the San Francisco Bay Times. “I was shocked when I heard the news a few weeks ago and still cannot believe that he is gone.”
She added, “Mr. Aiello was a dedicated journalist who was always seeking to get to the heart of a story. He was deeply interested in marriage equality, and used his reporting talents to bring to light various campaign elements that the Yes on 8 side was using during that fight.”
An online biography provided by Aiello to Yelp mentions that he was particularly passionate about local environmental issues, such as water use in the state; restoration of the Lake Tahoe, Delta and Hetch Hetchy watersheds, and fracking, which became a focus of his more recent writings. The biography mentions, “It is with this environmental background that he first began to be interested in promoting greener solutions to Sacramento commuters.”
Aiello’s longtime friend Megan Juring shared with Laird that the deceased graduated from San Carlos High School and the University of California at Davis. He is survived by his mother Beverly Aiello and siblings David, Allison, and LeeAnne (Cliff Larson), his sister-in-law Gina Aiello, his nephew Michael “Mikey” Aiello and his niece Francesca “Cecca” Grady (Beau Grady) and great-nephew Cruz, as well as his father Frank.
A celebration of life will be held in Sacramento at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church the afternoon of May 16, 2015, at 1 o’clock. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to The BOK Ranch Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church or another charity with special meaning to you.
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