Sherri_Ly's Blog

This weekend a Catonsville woman gave birth to her first child.  She and her husband were excited to become parents.  It's everything they dreamed up.

Then a killer robbed them of their happy family.  As the woman went into labor her husband went to get gas for the drive to the hospital.  He never came back.  A robber jumped him at the gas station and when he fought back the suspect stabbed him several times.  Relatives took the expectant mom to the hospital where she delivered the baby early Mother's Day morning.  After the birth friends broke the news.

How senseless.  In too many crimes today, there is no value on life.  This robber didn't have to kill him.  So he didn't give him his wallet.  This was a working class man. His wife cleaned hotel rooms.  He didn't have much to give and yet got robbed of the most precious thing-- his life and a lifetime with his family.

The La Quinta hotel where the woman worked has now set up a trust fund to help the family.  Here's the info:

Santay-Sales Family Fund

Bank of America

7399 Assateague Blvd.

Jessup, MD 20794

While I was at the hotel a guest asked them to put a donation onto his bill.  It's nice to know there are still some good people out there when something like this happens.