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Charlie Evan was born in New Orleans on July 1, 1985 to Lawrence and Isabella Dalca. His father was the owner of a successful boxing gym located in the Quarter and his mother worked as a part-time waitress at a small diner. At the time of Charlie's birth, the Dalca parents were having marital issues and Isabella was quite firm in her want to leave NOLA and return to New York where she herself had been raised and where her family still remained. It seemed as though she planned to take her newborn son and make the move, with or without her husband. Knowing it was a losing battle and not wanting his family to be torn apart, Lawrence reluctantly agreed to leave his own hometown and make the move for his wife and son. He sold his gym to a close relative and used the money to fund their move. …show more content…

For a short time it seemed as though all was well with the Dalca parents, but Lawrence could not hide his misery for long and it became quite clear that he was not happy in New York. From then on the marrage began to unravel and with each passing year, things in the Dalca home only went from bad to worse. Charlie often witnessed his parents fighting, and it was a rare occasion when they actually got along. Not liking his home life very much, Charlie would spent much of his time outside of the house. He could either be found at a friends or his grandmothers, and some occasions he even took to sleeping outside rather than return

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