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12 mourners charged with crushing a life

Victim’s family asks for answers

“You don’t have a heart if you come from a funeral and take someone else’s life,’’ said Sandra Ortiz, the sister of Jose Alicea. “You don’t have a heart if you come from a funeral and take someone else’s life,’’ said Sandra Ortiz, the sister of Jose Alicea. (Maise Crow for The Boston Globe)
Globe Staff / August 25, 2009

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Twenty-two-year-old Jose Alicea would not live to see his son grow up. But, as he lay dying Sunday afternoon, grieving relatives placed his 5-month-old son, Jaylen, alongside his body for a solemn baptism ceremony inside his room at Massachusetts General Hospital. (Full article: 1304 words)

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