When a Murder Victim Is an Organ Donor
A bullet made William “Tuggy” Brown 2011’s first New Haven murder victim. But today his heart is keeping another man alive. His kidneys are keeping two little girls alive. A woman has his pancreas.
At a candlelight vigil on Saturday night, Brown’s sisters Denisha (right in photo) and Miranda gathered at Crown Fried Chicken on Dixwell Avenue in Newhallville, where their baby brother was murdered two months ago.
With the sisters Saturday night were their mom Donna Brown (shown here with Crown’s owner and Tuggy’s friend Eddie Rodriguez) and 25 other family members and friends.
They came carrying candles, balloons, and posters with “Rest in Peace” and other memorial messages. And they came with a plan to keep Tuggy Brown’s memory alive.
They also brought news that far more than his memory is already alive, in locations and lives far removed from Newhallville.
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