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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mother appeals for witnesses to "have a heart" as she prepares to mark murdered son's birthday

News ReleaseTamara CherryOctober 7, 2020Family Appeal, News Release, Unsolved, Homicide, Birthday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mother appeals for son’s friends to “please say something” on first anniversary of murder

Mother of Toronto homicide victim Amir Naraine appeals for information on first anniversary of his murder.

News ReleaseTamara CherrySeptember 29, 2020Homicide, Family Appeal, Anniversary

Listen: Homicide survivor pleads for help to solve son's 2016 murder

Evelyn Fox and Tamara Cherry join host Alex Pierson to talk about grief, hope and the desperation of victims to propel their investigations forward. Evelyn’s son Kiesingar Gunn would have turned 30 this weekend, if not for a stray bullet outside a Toronto nightclub nearly four years ago. His homicide remains unsolved.

In the NewsTamara CherryApril 30, 2020Family Appeal, Media Coverage, Victims, Justice, Cold Case, Homicide, Gun Violence

Heartbroken mom pleads for help solving son's 2016 murder in Liberty Village

It has been several years since innocent bystander Kiesingar Gunn was killed by a stray bullet while rushing to help a friend when a fight erupted out front of a Liberty Village nightclub.

But his heartbroken mother, who is once again pleading for help finding the killer as she prepares to mark what would have been her son’s 30th birthday on Saturday, still vividly remembers wiping blood from her first-born’s face as he lay dying in hospital.