Elizabeth Ramirez’s face shines as she looks at all her son’s sports trophies hanging on the wall in her North Side basement. She has gathered…
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Large pictures of his two children, ages 6 and 9, sit on a table next to his desk. Although Spencer Leak Jr. enjoys looking at the…
Someone has murdered your loved one, there are no suspects and soon the case goes cold. You’re not sure how to pay for the funeral,…
We had just walked in to our house with the mail when Mommy began sobbing uncontrollably. The letter she was reading congratulated my brother on…
Chiquita Davis is still haunted by the phone call she received Jan. 8, telling her the young man she had raised for nearly two decades…
When Donna Howard’s 18-year-old son was shot to death more than a year and a half ago, she didn’t know where to turn for support.…
More than a year after a 20-year-old Chicago man was killed, friends and family continue to update his memorial Facebook page. “R.I.P Joel Verdugo” has…
Antanice “Niecy” Ward lets out a giggle when she remembers the funny faces her friend Soraya Gibson used to make when talking about people. “She…