Helen Hill

Crimestoppers has increased the reward for information leading to the murderer behind the death of Helen Hill and the shooting of her husband, Paul Gailunas on January 4, 2007 in their Bywater home.

The flashes of the family photos on the news again, happy smiling celebratory pics as they clutch baby Francis...bringing back all of the pain. I haven't really dealt with this. I put it all away quickly, but it's still very raw, esp. with their family photo in my desk that I get a quick glimpse of every day. I write them postcards (all three of them, including Helen) that I don't send. It is the thought of young Francis that is always with me. Motherless Francis, and poor us, without Helen's light in our daily lives.

I can hardly sing it anymore:

My mommy comes back,
My mommy comes back,
She always comes back to get me.

My mommy comes back,
She always comes back,
She never will forget me.

Yes, we would sing this to Francis on those first tentative days of school. He was so brave, and they so cautious, and upon returning, so intensely curious to learn any tiny detail about his time away from them.
Who did Franny play with?
What did he do?
Did he make that picture? Look, Paul! It's so beautiful!

That fucking bastard who took her away from them...Yes, I'm a pacifist, but let that fucker burn.