Guest Column: ‘There is never just one victim of a murder’
Erin Harris
Erin Harris is founder of Carpenter Art Garden and was the organization’s executive director through 2018.
“My mother’s murder remains unsolved. This is true for half of all homicides. The anguish from the ambiguity of this often feels impossible to live with.”
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