Angie Mock's brother was murdered four years ago, and as much as that hurt, she knows her mom feels the pain even worse.
"No mother should ever have to bury her child," said Mock, who started the annual Garth Walk in Muncie to remember Garth Rector and others killed in violent crimes.
"In search of a way to ease her pain, I started this event to show her ... she's not alone," she said.
This year's Garth Walk is at 3 p.m. Saturday.
The Rector family said they know others are grieving as hard as they are, and that the annual walk gives all of them the chance to comfort each other.
The Garth Walk starts at the south parking lot of Muncie Central High School with speakers Mayor Dennis Tyler; Jackie Clemme, director of the Delaware County Victim Advocate Program; and Marwin Strong, founder of the group Fight Against Drugs and Violence.
The walk heads north on Wheeling Avenue to Minnetrista and then back on to North Walnut Street.
This is the fifth year for the event. Last year, 17 families and more than 215 people came out.
Rector's murder remains unsolved despite a $10,000 reward. His wife, Angie Rector, daughter, April Rector Sanchez, and other family members said they want to make sure people remember that a killer is still out there and that the Delaware County Sheriff's Department is still investigating.
"Someone knows who did this to Garth," Angie Rector said. "We pray every day that they will have the courage to come forward and tell what they know."
Part of Saturday's Garth Walk is a poignant moment of remembrance.
Organizers hand out purple balloons, and families attach messages to send aloft - messages to those who have died.
"It's a chance for us to say goodbye for those of us who didn't get a chance to," Mock said.
"When you have people ripped away from you, it will never be the same."
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