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A Texas View of National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims

By Steve Hall

Chris Castillo's OpEd, "Victims' families often need more than justice," appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Saturday, the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. Today is the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. On this day, as on all days, I will remember and celebrate my mother, Pilar Castillo, a native of Brownsville. She was brutally taken from my family in a senseless act of violence in Houston in 1991. Pilar, 52, was full of life and enjoyed people. She was the type of person who would light up a room. But she was more than that. She was a teacher and a friend to so many. And she was one of my best friends. I hope that if you, like me, have suffered the taking of a loved one through violence, you will join your local Parents of Murdered Children group in remembering this day...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 28, 2010 (boomark / email).