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HOLIDAYS
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THE UNSPOKEN HOLIDAY EMOTION:

GRIEF

Victims family
says cameras
could have
caught murder
NICQUEL TERRY @NTERRYAPP

ASBURY PARK - The family of a former star athlete

who was shot to death Sunday on a city street called on
officials to restore non-functioning surveillance cameras that dot the city, including one they believe could
have recorded Jamar Smalls murder.
In a statement released through surrogates, the family expressed concern that surveillance cameras
throughout the city are broken. The statement lamented that a nonworking camera at the corner of Bangs and
Prospect avenues, near where Small and his older
brother were gunned down, could have captured the
crime and aided police in their investigation.
Acting Police Chief Anthony Salerno disputed the
familys claim, saying the camera at Bangs and Prospect would not have been able to capture the shooting,
which occurred as the pair were leaving a house on
Summerfield Avenue on Sunday afternoon.
Salerno declined to elaborate on the status of that
camera or others throughout the city. He acknowledged that the lack of working cameras has presented
See CAMERAS, Page 8A

PHOTOS BY RUSS DESANTIS/CORRESPONDENT

Families who lost children lit candles during a remembrance ceremony at Garden of Hope in Jackson on Dec. 13.
Here Janine Dalconzo (left) and Susan Simms, both of Jackson, add to the memorial to their teenage children.

Grieving families say festivities and decorations can spur

painful memories, but friendship helps carry them through.
AMANDA OGLESBY @OGLESBYAPP

DOUG HOOD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

aureen Olsen feels pangs of grief when she sees a Batman toy or
Christmas gift she knows her son Chase would have loved. The 9year-old, who attended Elms Elementary School, died of a rare cancer two days before Thanksgiving in 2009. h Its going to be hard for
everyone for Christmas, said Olsen, who with her husband has

three other children. Its never easy to lose somebody, but to lose somebody close to the
holidays is really, really difficult. h Karen Zitzow of Lakewood knows the feeling. Her
21-year-old daughter, Kyleigh Sousa, was murdered outside a Tempe, Arizona, restaurant
in 2010. h The holidays are ungodly, said Zitzow. They are a painful reminder that your
child is never coming home. See GRIEF, Page 4A

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith presents WWII medals to U.S. Navy

veteran Alfred Caponigro of Ocean Township Tuesday.

WWII vet, 90,

finally receives
his war medals
DAN RADEL @DANIELRADELAPP

OCEAN At 90 years old, Alfred Caponigro has received many gifts but this year, his family gave him
one of the greatest presents they could his long-lost
service medals.
The World War II veteran is battling cancer, but no
one could tell that from the joy on his face when he was
surrounded in his home by his family members Tuesday night and his long-delayed gift.
I think theres 27 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren, or its the other way, joked his daughter Elena Mazza, about their very large Italian-American family.
The medals arrived by special delivery from Rep.
Chris Smith (R-N.J.) who came bearing the eight medals and ribbons that Caponigro earned but never collected for his service to the country.
It is with a sincere gesture of gratitude that I give
See MEDALS, Page 8A

Candles glow during the remembrance ceremony.

Group: More than 1 million

migrants, refugees crossed
into Europe this year. 1B

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