Melissa Williams' family had known 37-year-old Dareeque Dorman and his family for decades when Dorman fatally stabbed her only son at a party on Mother's Day in 2024.

"I had my son on Mother's Day, and I lost my son on Mother's Day. It's hard. I've been lost without him," Williams said Nov. 14. "Our families are close. They been close for a long time. It's just so hard."

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