"My dear child is dead, and all I want now is justice so I can close my eyes and know she didn't die in vain, " the mother, Syeda Mohammed Ali, told CNN.

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"I go to bed and close my eyes and feel so incredibly serene, " he said.

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"I'll close my ears and eyes during the scary scenes, " she promised.

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His shirts were always crisply ironed, and I used to watch him across the hedge, then close my eyes and imagine that he was walking toward me, coming to claim me as his.

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"There are times when I put stuff on my credit card and close my eyes, " she says.

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