NATION : Scholarship Honors Slain Wife
The family of Carol Stuart, the pregnant lawyer killed by her husband in Boston’s bizarre murder hoax, today announced the creation of a scholarship to help heal the racial wounds in the predominantly black Mission Hill neighborhood where she was slain.
Carol Stuart’s father, Giusto DiMaiti, offered the first public statements from the family during an emotional news conference where he thanked the people of Boston for what he called a “tremendous” outpouring of support in the form of flowers, cards, masses and other expressions.
The family called Carol “the brightest light in our lives.”
“Mere words cannot express the terrible emptiness we feel or how much we miss her now and we’ll miss her for the rest of our lives,” said DiMaiti, a pizza restaurant owner. His voice cracked and his wife, Evelyn, wept openly during the news conference.
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