For Alex Spors, it is important to talk about how his mother Carrie Zettel lived her life helping and caring for others.

Zettel, 64, was killed at her home on Milwaukee's south side on October 12. Spors' sister, 29-year-old Lauren Spors, is charged with homicide , accused of beating their mother to death with a rock.

Alex is still trying to process the loss.

"A lot of incoherent thoughts right now. I don't know if I'm processing it accurately or correctly. I'm just taking it one step at a time," Alex told TMJ4.

Zettel, a mother of three, loved music and gardening. Before she suffered health challenges, Alex said they would ride bicycles together often. Alex says she would call him to sing "Happy Birthday" every year.

"It's going to be kind of rough, she's not going to be around for

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