Enduring without justice: Families of homicide victims struggle with loss
Gwen Able shows a picture of her son Anthony, who was shot to death on Oct. 12, while driving his car in North Memphis. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
“A death when somebody is sick, that’s bad enough. But when someone is killed violently, it consumes you with the pain and then your time,” said Gwen Able. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The hole from the bullet that killed Anthony Able can be seen in the driver’s seat of his car, which now sits in the driveway of his parents’ home. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Whitman Able said he stopped calling detectives to ask questions about the killing of his son Anthony. “I really got the feeling that I was annoying or being bothersome, so I kind of left it alone because I was not getting responses back in a timely manner,” he said. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Whitman (left) and Gwen Able with their son, Eric, and grandson, Elijah, at their home Dec. 8. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
After high school, Jerod Lewis received a degree from Vatterott College, joined the Navy Reserves, then opened a heating and air business. He was 25 when he was shot to death while driving on Interstate 240 on Aug. 3, 2012. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
JoAnn Lewis hugs a portrait of her deceased son, Jerod Lewis, on Friday, Dec. 17, in her home. “We need to change these gun laws,” Lewis said. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
JoAnn and Darrell Lewis sit near a portrait of their deceased son, Jerod Lewis, on Friday, Dec. 17, in their home. Jerod was shot and killed on Aug. 3, 2012, while driving on Perkins Road and Interstate 240. He was 25. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Families deal with grief as homicides of loved ones have not been solved.
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Homicides unsolved homicides Memphis Police Department Anthony Able Whitman Able Gwen Able JoAnn Lewis Jerod Lewis Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America Scorpion Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our NeighborhoodsYolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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