My name is Edgar Silva and I am 32 years old. I grew up in a small town called Temecula. Today, I’m in Calipatria State Prison serving a sentence of Life without the Possibility of Parole for the murder of Chanel Corrales.
As I came to grips with the impact of what my actions caused, I began to change my whole way of thinking and looking at my life.
I realized that no matter what happened we have no right to take a life. It also caused me to be a better a man and rehabilitate myself, so that when hopefully one day I get the chance to rejoin the outside world I won’t commit another crime of any type.
I also changed the way I talk to people and treat them. I no longer use drugs or alcohol; I know it doesn’t change the fact that I committed a crime and it’s no excuse for what I did.
My remorse for the lives I harmed is endless. I’m deeply sorry for the pain I put them through each and every day.
I wake up and look at myself in the mirror and it makes me sick knowing I put my victim’s family through pain and sadness, when the holidays and Birthdays come it reopens their wounds in their hearts; it’s a pain that I put them through for my impulsive actions.