Beth Shelburne

police girl.

But law enforcement gave Yolanda no protection, and she took no precautions.

Yolanda's murder was part of a string of tragedies in Rosa's life.

All three of her children died young.

When Yolanda was six years old, her older sister Sabrina died from asthma complications.

And a few years after Yolanda's death, her brother Darius was killed.

Darius was openly gay, an activist, in Chicago.

He was waiting at a bus stop when a group of men approached him and beat him to death.

Media reports stated,

The men wanted his cell phone, but Rosa still wonders if it was a hate crime.

It's devastating when you lose your kids, you know, but I have to push through it.

What hurt is the way they left.

I think about them.

I miss them so much.

I do.

I miss my kids.

The people who loved Yolanda hoped she could get help overcoming her addiction.

Sometimes, it seemed like Yolanda wanted that too.

The autopsy report shows that when Yolanda was killed, she was wearing black corduroy pants, a black T-shirt, under a black zip-up jacket.

and gold slip-on flats.