Service Held for 6 Killed in Iowa
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Standing behind the six white coffins of Leticia Aguilar and her five children, the Rev. Cary Gordon told hundreds of mourners Tuesday that they must forgive.
“There are reasons to be angry this morning, but there are greater reasons to forgive,” said Gordon, pastor of the Cornerstone Faith Center.
About 700 people attended the funeral of Aguilar and her children, ages 6 to 12, who were found slain in their home Thursday. Authorities said the children were bludgeoned with a hammer and their mother was attacked with a hammer and knife.
Aguilar’s boyfriend, Adam Moss, 23, has been jailed on suspicion of murder in the six killings and that of businessman Ron Fish, whose body was also found Thursday; he also was killed with a hammer and knife.
Authorities have not given a possible motive for the killings.
Fish was buried Monday after a private ceremony at Congregation Beth Shalom.
Gordon played videotapes, one of which showed the Aguilar children--Claudia, 12; Zach, 11; Larry, 9; Lisa, 7; and Michael, 6--attending church events.
They and their mother will be buried in Merced, Calif., relatives said.
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