East County family devastated as hit-and-run driver who killed Austin Spirz set for early release

East County family devastated as hit-and-run driver who killed Austin Spirz set for early release

CAMPO, Calif. (KGTV) - An East County family is reeling after learning the hit-and-run driver who killed their loved one will be released from prison after serving less than a third of his sentence.This week, Aubree Pinkston received an email from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that felt like "a punch in the gut" notification that Gary Baker, the man who killed her partner Austin Spirz in a Thanksgiving night crash, …