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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Plato

On August 23rd, 2015, Cathy Costello’s life changed forever. Her oldest son, who for many years has battled with severe mental illness, had quit taking his medication. Meeting on a quiet summer evening with his parents at a local restaurant in Oklahoma City, Christian Costello experienced a delusional, psychotic break and inexplicably stabbed his father, Labor Commissioner Mark Costello to death. Mark died in Cathy’s arms.
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