The following content contains discussions of child injury and death,

including frank discussions and displays of emotion surrounding that loss.

Listener discretion is advised.

From the Toronto Star, I'm Kevin Donovan, and this is Death in a Small Town.

Episode 3, The Case.

Music The Case I'm a norse I'm a nor a sea and sky

I have heard my people's cry Of a cloud in darkness in,

My man will save

Kent and I have been blessed with four beautiful boys

Gabriel, Lucas, Noah, and Nathaniel. We love and adore each and every

one of them. They have changed our lives in such special ways. It's November 6, 2015, at Sacred Heart Church in Park Hill.

Roseanne, Nathaniel's mother, stands behind a lectern on the stage.

She has a round, expressive face, and when she smiles, which she somehow manages to do today,

it's like a camera flash going off. It penetrates the room. Her son's small,

simple wooden casket is to her left, blanketed by yellow, white, and purple fall flowers.

There's a framed photo of Nathaniel. It beams out at family and friends packed into the large

church. Roseanne is composed, her teacher voice strong.

It's easy to imagine her addressing a classroom of grade sevens,

which is what she was doing when she got the call about Nathaniel being hurt.

She rakes her dark hair back over her shoulders as she begins.

Nathaniel was out. Miss Daniel was our baby, and since his arrival, has brought us so much joy. As I rocked him each and every day, I seemed to find a peace and a calmness that I had not yet known.

If you happen to see me, I am sure that I glowed.

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