The news of another mass shooting about 40 miles north at a King Soopers store in Boulder has brought Castillo full circle, he said. He knows what the families of the 10 people shot and killed while working and grocery shopping will face in the months and years ahead.
“It’s important the victims’ families prepare themselves for the long haul,” Castillo said in a phone interview while standing in the cemetery where Kendrick is buried. “The devastation and loss is only the beginning when the perpetrator survives something like this.”
The families of the 10 people shot and killed March 22, as well as others working and shopping in the King Soopers during the gunfire, face a long, arduous court process ahead, experts on victim advocacy and mass trauma said. The criminal legal system can help provide a sense of closure and answer victims’ questions, they said, but it can also force the survivors to repeatedly re-live their trauma.
Court proceedings a double-edged sword for victims families
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With the Iowa Senate back in session, there remains a vacancy on the floor: U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican, resigned from her state senate seat in December 2020 following a tight congressional race. On Tuesday, voters will decide who will fill it.
The race to represent Iowa Senate District 41 pits Adrian Dickey, R-Packwood, against Mary Stewart, D-Ottumwa.
The deadline to return absentee ballots in-person is 9 p.m. Tuesday, when polls will close on election night. Alternatively, they must be postmarked by Monday.
Meet Republican Adrian Dickey
Adrian Dickey said he was contacted by the Republican Party about running for the seat one week after Miller-Meeks victory was certified by the state. His family has deep roots in Jefferson County politics: His grandmother was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1952 and his father, Dave Dickey, retired last year after serving 27 years as the Mayor of Packwood, polis