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Hundreds Gather In Rockland County To Remember Family Killed In Murder-Suicide

Karishma could barely contain her tears. "She would always check on me to see if I was okay," she said of her former teacher.

(CBS New York)

January 4, 2024

WEST NYACK, N.Y. — More than 1,000 people gathered for a community-wide candlelight vigil in Rockland County on Wednesday night to remember a mother and her two boys killed over the weekend. Their father, a Bronxville police sergeant, pulled the trigger before turning the gun on himself.

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"We instantly had a bond. She was not only my teacher; she became a mother figure to me," a woman named Karishma said of Ornela Morgan.

Karishma could barely contain her tears. "She would always check on me to see if I was okay," she said of her former teacher.

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