By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 21:10 EST, 21 August 2013 | UPDATED: 06:13 EST, 22 August 2013 Photos have emerged of the tragic final moments before an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer - in Las Vegas for his bachelor party - was killed on Sunday after his truck was stolen with him and his brother-in-law stuck in the truck bed before it was crashed into an oncoming car, throwing the two men to their deaths. The man who allegedly hijacked the vehicle, 29-year-old James Robert Montgomery, of Tustin, California, was staying in another hotel on the Vegas strip with his girlfriend when authorities say he jumped into Magdaleno's truck - which had the keys in the ignition at the time - and drove off.
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Jesus Magdaleno Jr, 33, an eight-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol, was in Las Vegas to celebrate his bachelor party
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He was preparing to get married next month
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The thief took off while Megdaleno and his brother-in-law Felix Cruz were loading the truck and preparing to return home
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The man alleged to have stolen the truck claims to have no memory of doing it
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The alleged thief, James Montgomery, has been charged with felony murder and could potentially face the death penalty
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'They were heading home after an enjoyable time, and they became victims of a horrible crime,' @placeholder police Lieutenant Ray Steiber said.