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Mother: "An emptiness that'll never go away"

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 9:43 a.m.
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CRANDON, Wis. (AP) — The mother of one of the six young people killed in a shooting rampage by an off-duty deputy sheriff two years ago says she still feels an emptiness that will probably never go away.

Dianne Schultz joined others at a candlelight vigil on Wednesday marking the completion of a memorial built on the site of the murders to honor the victims.

Forest County Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Peterson killed her son, Bradley, and five others during a party near downtown Crandon. Hours later, Peterson killed himself in some woods north of town as law enforcement surrounded him.

Schultz says she misses her son and there's a void in her life but she has to go on for her other children.

Also killed were Jordanne Murray, Katrina McCorkle, Aaron "Chunk" Smith, Lindsay Stahl and Lianna Thomas.




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blugrn25
Oct 8, 2009 at 2:03 p.m.
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I cant even imagine being w/o my children and they are all grown...so sad

Mariekos
Oct 8, 2009 at 12:45 p.m.
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I can't even begin to imagine. My heart just aches for her.

AlwaysaMom
Oct 8, 2009 at 10:37 a.m.
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my heart goes out to all those families.

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