Updated 7/10/2021 7:58 PM
Michael Cooper can t bring himself to read all the letters and cards left at his family s home in Northbrook.
It s too soon. His grief is too raw.
So, at the front door is a table and a guest book for mourners to leave tributes for his stepson, Miles Thompson, who meant many things to many people.
A popular student at Glenbrook North High School. A protective friend and big brother. An all-conference football player. A workhorse who earned a full-ride scholarship to St. Ambrose University in Iowa. Everything he ever did, once he made up his mind, there was nothing you could do to stop him, Cooper said.
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