Crime victim helped by generous strangers
Photo credit: Newsday/Danielle Finkelstein | Denis Caceres, 19, at center, thought he lost the chance to go to college after he witnessed his father's murder, and his family lost most of their income. A group of Northport high school students helped raise the money to send him back to Nassau Community College. (Jan. 31, 2012)
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A quietly devout young Huntington Station man, cast into "a haze of grief" after his father's murder two years ago, has renewed hope for his future, thanks to generous strangers touched by his plight.
On Jan. 24, 2010, Denis Caceres, 19, saw his father, Geremias Caceres, shot dead during a botched robbery in front of their home. With the family struggling from the loss of his father's income,...
