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Untagged  12 Oct 2009
A Vigil for Victims by Craig McIntosh Comment (0)

I had the privilege of being invited to speak briefly at a candle light vigil for victims of domestic violence last Wednesday night in Belleville, IL.  This was the fifth annual vigil, the first was held in 2005 after the community had been rocked by a string of bloody domestic homicides.  One of the presenters last night was a woman whose sister and infant nephew, along with two others, had been killed the very night of the second Vigil in 2006 by the woman’s boyfriend.

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