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Brother: Hate crime victim wanted 'the American dream'

Marcello Lucero liked playing volleyball and lifting weights. He rented movies with friends and called his mother in Ecuador several times a week. [CORRECTION: The victim in the Patchogue stabbing was Marcelo Lucero. His first name was misspelled in stories this week. Also, the teenagers accused in the death gathered at Twelve Pines Park in Medford. (A14 ALL 11/15/08)]

"Even though he'd been...

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