Posted on 05/17/2020 8:21:40 AM PDT by Deo volente
The daily graveside visits served as a touchstone for the elderly Elkton, Md., couple – each day was another opportunity to express how deeply they loved Anthony and how heartbreakingly they missed him.
The couple would stand at the grave for 10 minutes or so. Sometimes they left fresh flowers; other times, they simply talked to their deceased son. “Hey, Anthony, Mom and Dad are here,” they would say.
Last week, however, that touching ritual turned tragic, when the Marinos were fatally shot just yards from Anthony’s grave in what appears to be a random act of violence.
Paul, 86, and Lidia, 85, were on the veterans cemetery grounds on the morning of May 8 to visit Anthony’s gravesite, as they had done perhaps 1,000 times before since their youngest son was laid to rest there in 2017.
At approximately 10:15 a.m. that day, a gunman randomly shot and killed the couple – sharply contrasting the tranquility of that cemetery.
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It took the cops 6 hours to find the killer ?? And they found him dead right next to the cemetary ?? 6 hours, really ?? How seriously were they looking ??
Hoping he didn’t off himself some one helped him along
::... their youngest son, Anthony, who died with cerebral palsy at age 54.::
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I am confused. If he had cerebral palsy, how could he have served in the military?
At least their killer is dead. Thank God for that much!
I read an article the day after the shooting, which said at one point, the gunman was attempting to shoot the police drone down. That makes me wonder where was he headed to, other than just to get away? Had he been holed up in the woods for a while? They pursued him for six hours!
But read any account of the "tragic" shooting of the poor black guy that simply wanted a drink of water, and you are told in every other sentence that the shooter is white.
No bias...no bias whatsoever with our wonderful press.
Why are we not rioting in the streets...looting the Nike shoe store, emptying out the local booze shop?
Where is Benjamin Crump?
Where is Al Sharpton?
Paul Marino, the father, served in the military in the 1950’s. Anthony, the disabled son, did not.
from the article:
Anthony died on March 15, 2017, at age 54.
Although he did not serve in the military, his parents were permitted to bury him in the veterans cemetery because under cemetery rules, one burial plot can be designated for a veteran’s minor child or an adult child with disabilities, as well as a spouse.
Anthony was laid to rest in a plot beside the future gravesites of his parents.
I think it was the Dad, Paul, who had served in the military. This was during the 1950’s in peacetime.
Their son Anthony was able to earn a degree in architecture.
Liberals will label this “gun violence” and their warped believers will march to that theory
Dead eyes. Low I.Q.
Okay, thanks.
Thank you. (I guess it shows I didn’t read the article, huh?)
May all three of them rest in peace. So sad.
Retaliation for the “Georgia Jogger”....or was this killing first?
“Although he (Anthony) did not serve in the military, his parents were permitted to bury him in the veterans cemetery because under cemetery rules, one burial plot can be designated for a veteran’s minor child or an adult child with disabilities, as well as a spouse.”
Thanks, blu.
“Odd that this story didn’t get nearly the airplay that the Georgia jogger story did.
Black privilege.”
I could not agree more.
One of his parents may have served.
The Georgia jogger was killed back in February. The elderly couple were killed earlier this month
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