One mother lost her daughter when she was murdered in 2009 at the age of 20. Another lost her son when he was sentenced last week to four life terms in prison for murdering that young woman. In an extraordinary showing of compassion and understanding, those two women, bound by tragedy, came together to lift each other up when Jesse Matthew, Jr. pleaded guilty March 2 to the Virginia murders of Morgan Harrington, 20, and Hannah Graham, 18. "One little gesture of compassion can make such a difference," Morgan's mother, Gil Harrington, tells People. "It's the right thing to do." Gil and Dan Harrington first...
- 3/10/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
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