Jordan Hefter was closest in age to Jacob and his roommate for 18 years. For weeks, he couldn’t enter the room. “I never really knew how much I went to him,” Jordan said. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
“It’s the last first anniversary,” Angela Hefter said. “In a sense, our life with Jacob will be put to rest and now we live on with his legacy.” (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Jacob Hefter’s older brothers, Jordan, 21, above, and Jared, 24, each got tattoos memorializing their sibling, who died a year ago today. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
