It is with great sadness we announce that our beloved father, grandfather and friend, Neil Purcell Jr., has passed away peacefully in his home of a broken heart after the passing of his best friend, the love of his life and wife of 54 years, Michelle Ann.
A 34-year-old Costa Mesa man who was hired as a nanny for families across Southern California, including Laguna Beach, was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 17, to 705 years to life, plus two years and eight months for sexually assaulting 16 boys and showing a 17th boy child pornography with the intent to also sexually assault him, authorities said.