Criminal Justice

Video: For two sisters, life in the aftermath of their sons’ killings

By Ryan Loew | January 22, 2016

Two mothers — sisters Monica Hawkins and Wynona Hawkins-Harper — reflect on the unsolved murders of their respective sons, Donté Hawkins and Jamar Hawkins.

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