personality. she volunteered her time working with children. a model mother. >> michael was my brother. michael was well-loved. he was quiet. he worked at night, and he kept my oldest son during the daytime. >> michael was a well-mannered and a polite young man. michael is a true example that hard work pays off. >> the housing project we lived in, everybody knew each other and this family cooked. we ate from them, and if my mom cooked, they ate from us. there was gangs and stuff back then, but we didn't get involved in it. my mom was always sitting on the porch waiting on us to arrive home from school. >> if he came home and i was lying down, he'd do, you know, little things to help. that's the kind of boy he was. >> we didn't know nothing about the world and what the world was doing out there.