Robert "Bob" Ash - Tahoe City, CA
N 39° 10.303 W 120° 08.389
10S E 747089 N 4339729
This citizen memorial is located at the entrance to Heritage Plaza.
Waymark Code: WMTPWX
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2016
Views: 1
Located next to the entrance of Heritage Plaza is a round, granite boulder containing a plaque that reads:
Robert "Bob" Ash
From the Stars Above
He Shines Upon Us
Forever Remembered
1957 - 2005
Through doing some online research I discovered that this memorial is near Syd's Bagelry and Espresso shop which was the scene of a fight between Robert Ash and an individual, a result of a road rage incident earlier.
Timothy and Susanne Brooks confronted Ash outside of Syd's Bagelry in Tahoe City on the morning of August 17, 2005. The couple claimed that Ash had cut them off in traffic more than thirty minutes earlier, while they were traveling south on Highway 89 near Squaw Valley Road.
At the trial, witnesses named Brooks as the instigator and aggressor in a fight that led to him stabbing Ash in the abdomen. Ash died from his wounds late that night at Washoe Medical Center in Reno. Brooks' defense team argued self-defense in the case, but the jury did not agree.