Candlelight Vigil Held for Victims of Murder-Suicide in Placentia

Candlelight Vigil Held for Victims of Murder-Suicide in Placentia
Police respond to reports of a stabbing that left two children and their father dead in Placentia, Calif., on Oct. 7, 2020. Courtesy of the Placentia Police Department
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A candlelight vigil was held in Placentia’s Tri-City Park on the evening of Oct. 7 to honor the memory of two 9-year-old sisters who were allegedly stabbed to death by their father in an apparent murder-suicide earlier that morning.

Mayor Ward Smith, city police officers, and a group of well-wishers were among the attendees at the vigil in Orange County, California. The group sang to comfort each other, and left condolence notes for the girls’ mother and family.