Death threats, verbal harassment and social media vitriol. The family of Hopkinton’s Mikayla Miller says they’re paying a significant emotional price as they continue to publicly pursue an independent and transparent probe of the teen’s April 18 death.
For Easton’s Henry family, Framingham’s Stephanie Deeley, and several other families across New England, the cost of public pressure is all too familiar. The Miller case has not only brought them back to their early days of being in the spotlight, but has reminded them of how they’re still paying a similar price months or years into their own quest for justice.
FRAMINGHAM Stephanie Deeley had given up hope.
After years of court hearings, being denied records that she thought could shed light on her sister s mysterious death in East Bridgewater and hearing that her sister s abuser had likely gotten rid of her ashes, Deeley said she never expected to be able to bring her sister home or give her a proper burial.
Deeley had also given up hope that Richard Parker, an ex-Boston fire captain, would ever face charges related to her sister Kimberly Boleza Parker s death and that she and her family would get true justice.
But days before Christmas, the Framingham woman said she received a call she never expected.