When homicide victims don’t get the media spotlight
Erryn Bell shows a necklace with a picture of her and her brother, Cameron Gholson, who was shot and killed in Memphis in October of 2021. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
While some murder victims are remembered publicly as real, complex people, others are seen as simply statistics. And for their loved ones, that can make the pain even worse.
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Don Wade
Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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