It was the murder of 75-year-old Tom Repchic that was the final straw for Father Greg Maturi, a Dominican priest in Youngstown, Ohio. Repchic and his wife Jackie were shot right outside Saint Dominic's Church in September.
"We're a very close-knit family and try to help each other out however we can. You can go to Tom for anything," recalls his sister-in-law Rita Blasko. "It was a terrible day. Very hard. You're trying to mourn for Tom and you still have Jackie. It's very difficult....We just miss him, and he will never be replaced. I don't think any of us will ever get over this," she says surrounded by family. The pain of their loss still evident in their faces.
Police investigators say it was a case of mistaken identity. Tom Repchic's car looked similar to the person the killers were looking for. Repchic was the second parishioner from Saint Dominic's in just eight months killed right outside the church.
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