When a man dies after committing a heinous crime , his loved ones can get swept up in the blame.

The wife of Thomas Jacob Sanford, the man police say launched a fatal attack on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township , is scared, said Katie Hamilton, Sanford's sister.

Some people harassed her sister-in-law after the attack, Hamilton said. Now, the widow needs to move her child and mother to a new house — they don't feel safe in what was supposed to be their forever home.

The Sanfords are grief stricken, overwhelmed with guilt, fear and the deep sadness of a family trying to reckon with the actions of a son, brother and husband they now need to bury. Sanford's father, Thomas, told the Free Press he apologized for his son's actions but called the

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