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At the Graveside: Family and friends of Wade Lawson cling to each other for comfort at the youth's burial at Spring Creek Cemetery in Mississauga yesterday, while 3-years-old Trevor, left, sobs for his dead stepbrother
At the Graveside: Family and friends of Wade Lawson cling to each other for comfort at the youth's burial at Spring Creek Cemetery in Mississauga yesterday, while 3-years-old Trevor, left, sobs for his dead stepbrother

At the Graveside: Family and friends of Wade Lawson cling to each other for comfort at the youth's burial at Spring Creek Cemetery in Mississauga yesterday, while 3-years-old Trevor, left, sobs for his dead stepbrother

Date12/14/1988
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At the graveside: Family and friends of Wade Lawson cling to each other for comfort at the youth's burial at Spring Creek Cemetery in Mississauga yesterday, while 3-year-old Trevor, left, sobs for his dead stepbrother
At the graveside: Family and friends of Wade Lawson cling to each other for comfort at the youth's burial at Spring Creek Cemetery in Mississauga yesterday, while 3-year-old Trevor, left, sobs for his dead stepbrother
12/14/1988
Tearful farewell: Family and friends, including NHL defenceman Jim Paek, far right, comfort each other following services for 9-year-old Darcy Scanlan
Tearful farewell: Family and friends, including NHL defenceman Jim Paek, far right, comfort each other following services for 9-year-old Darcy Scanlan
12/22/1992
Mike Nesmith tries to drag fellow Monkee Mickey Dolenz from stage as Mickey, on hands and knees, sobs and screams into microphone in midst of I Got a (...)
Mike Nesmith tries to drag fellow Monkee Mickey Dolenz from stage as Mickey, on hands and knees, sobs and screams into microphone in midst of I Got a (...)
4/2/1967
Found by police in a Niagara Falls hotel room, 6-year-old Lisa Beaudoin sobs as she is reunited with her mother, Mrs
Found by police in a Niagara Falls hotel room, 6-year-old Lisa Beaudoin sobs as she is reunited with her mother, Mrs
5/27/1970
Jean Nadon Sobs with relief, Bullet removed from son's spine
Jean Nadon Sobs with relief, Bullet removed from son's spine
5/28/1975
A woman sobs in anguish outside Weston Collegiate where frantic parents gathered
A woman sobs in anguish outside Weston Collegiate where frantic parents gathered
1/25/1979
Relatives of a dead South Vietnamese soldier grieve at his graveside in the military cemetery at Ben Hoa
Relatives of a dead South Vietnamese soldier grieve at his graveside in the military cemetery at Ben Hoa
2/19/1973
Relatives of the dead kneel and touch one of the five symbolic coffins at a graveside service of Mount Pleasant Cemetery yesterday. This was one of fi(...)
Relatives of the dead kneel and touch one of the five symbolic coffins at a graveside service of Mount Pleasant Cemetery yesterday. This was one of fi(...)
7/30/1970
Disappointed Mother: Wade Lawson's mother Evelyn Lennon-Lyon, with family friend Dwayne Rookwood, 14, is distraught over decision not to appeal.
Disappointed Mother: Wade Lawson's mother Evelyn Lennon-Lyon, with family friend Dwayne Rookwood, 14, is distraught over decision not to appeal.
5/8/1992
Sparked Task Force: The police shootings of Michael Wade Lawson, top left, in Mississauga last December and Lester Donaldson in Toronto last August, sparked the formation of the Ontario Race Relations and Policing Task Force headed by Clare Lewis, right
Sparked Task Force: The police shootings of Michael Wade Lawson, top left, in Mississauga last December and Lester Donaldson in Toronto last August, sparked the formation of the Ontario Race Relations and Policing Task Force headed by Clare Lewis, right
April 4, 1989
Young friends of Emanuel Jaques carry his white coffin to graveside
Young friends of Emanuel Jaques carry his white coffin to graveside
8/4/1977
A memorial: The family of Wade Lawson listens to The Chosen Generation choir, below, at a service yesterday
A memorial: The family of Wade Lawson listens to The Chosen Generation choir, below, at a service yesterday
1/15/1989