Aw, thank you so much! I love it that you see "the little, strong Julie" - and I feel for your friend. Immigrants, low-income people, and anyone judged unorthodox or unimportant just won't get as much attention as victims of a crime. When I became a mother of two daughters and a son, it hit me for the first time how HARD for a parent to lose a child, and in such a terrible way. All the years spent nurturing, teaching, changing diapers, driving to school events, paying bills... to have someone kill and cast aside this person like trash... it's the most heinous of crimes. Even an arrest and imprisonment would make little difference. There's no bringing back the lost loved one. If there's an afterlife, I hope your friend is still smiley and happy (Julie was too!) and they meet in the great beyond.