Long Beach Teacher Fatally Stabbed in Front of Her Students

"Death of teacher killed before students a 'nightmare,' sister says"
By: A Times Staff Writer
Source: Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-teacher-killed-in-front-of-students-a-nightmare-sister-says-20131013,0,6573131.story

On October 11 one of Huntington Academy's very own teachers was lost due to a tragic murder. Everything was running smoothly for Kellye Taylor's elementary class as she and another teacher supervised the "Fun Friday" activities at Orizaba Park across the street from the school. Sitting on a folding chair, Taylor watched the children play on the jungle gym and other play sets, until a man by the name of Steven Brown approached her from behind and stabbed her. The connection between Brown and Taylor is significant since she is the grandmother of Brown's four children and has custody of them. However, the reason of the attack is still under wraps for more investigation. Whenever the children witnessed the attack, they ran back to school to tell Taylor's sister, Pamela Huffman what happened. As soon as she heard about the event she ran to the scene as fast as she could to help her sister.  She stated, "All I could do was run to her. I saw her slip away. I knew she wasn't going to make it." People expressed their true sorrow for the death of Taylor at the candlelight vigil on Saturday in commemoration for her. "It's like a nightmare. It's like I want to wake up from a bad dream," said another one of taylor's sisters, Mary Bryant.

These type of stories are important to hear about because it shows us how even family can go against one another in certain circumstances. It shows us how far a father will go for the custody of his children even if it means hurting or even killing another family member in the process.