Reflections on a murder-suicide
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- April
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There may have been a motive behind the Peekskill murder-suicide last weekend. It turns out the brother of the suspected killer, Joel Garcia Diaz, was dating Kristin Kudelka, according to her father. Ernesto Diaz-Garcia would not confirm the relationship, only saying they were good friends.
Yesterday, while at Joel’s funeral in Poughkeepsie, I saw a family in profound grief, trying to understand why he, a loving brother they described as an otherwise happy and friendly man, would resort to such violence. They prayed for hours and howled in mourning. I’m sure there will be the same level of pain at Kudelka’s wake tonight.
In today’s story, the readers forum is filled with mostly concern for the family’s immigration status and how they should all be sent back to Mexico along with Joel’s body.
Having seen what I saw yesterday, tears and sorrow are the same no matter where a person comes from or whether or not they are legal in this country.
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on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 12:09 pm by Marcela Rojas.
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