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When the detective hands the mother her son’s shoes, she takes them into her arms and leans back against the wall. Instead, she spends many days lying in the dark, unable to will herself to move or speak. But Dovon was shot to death just a few blocks away, and she has been too frightened to leave her home. The mother has diabetes and her doctor has been urging her to get out and walk more. They had been held in an evidence locker for nearly a year after Dovon was shot in the head by another boy at a bus stop at the age of 15. The boy’s mother greets the detective wearing a loose t-shirt with Dovon’s face printed on the front, and gets choked up at the sight of her son’s shoes. The detective steps into a small living room crowded from wall to wall with photos, trophies, awards, and stuffed animals-mementos to a murdered boy named Dovon. The vital nonfiction work Ghettoside opens with a detective returning a pair of shoes.
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