Following their children’s death, parents are using social media groups to share stories, find justice and process their griefSign up for the project newsletterEarly on 20 April 2018, Joseph Alexander woke up to a multitude of text messages, missed calls, and voicemails. He turned on the local news and saw footage from a crime scene at a convenience store in Richmond,
California, and a body lying on the ground covered by a yellow tarp. As he went through his missed calls, he realized that the body under the tarp was that of his 21- year old son, Joseph “Bunk” Alexander II.
Alexander doesn’t remember much from the days following his son’s killing, he only recalls crying uncontrollably.