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Family Grieves After Sons, Ages 12 And 25, Killed The Same Way

One family was left feeling as though the world had stopped after losing not one but two sons, exactly three months apart. Making matters worse, the brothers, who were 12 and 25 years old, were even killed the same way.

Three months after Jason Penkacik and his wife Shawnee lost their 12-year-old son, Brighton, the grieving Florida parents woke up to a knock at the door early one Friday morning. It was the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office with news no parent ever wants to hear. The Penkacik’s 25-year-old son, Dalton, had been killed exactly three months to the day that Brighton had lost his life. Shockingly, the older brother had died the same way his younger brother did. Read the full story here ▶