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Vigil, scholarship honor victim of Patchogue hate crime

Quick ReadJoselo Lucero, choking back tears as he addressed the crowd, said he wants "my brother's name to stay alive."

Students from the Saxton Middle School in the

Photo credit: James Carbone | Students from the Saxton Middle School in the Patchogue Medford School District sing during a vigil for hate crime slaying victim Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue in November.

On the day Patchogue officials re-christened the site of Marcelo Lucero's death as "Unity Place," Joselo Lucero asked a crowd of about 250 people to support a scholarship fund in his brother's name.

Marcelo Lucero, 37, an Ecuadorean immigrant, was stabbed to death just before midnight on Nov. 8, 2008, near the Patchogue Long Island Rail Road station, the same site where Joselo Lucero helped...

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