WASHINGTON 鈥� Gladys Tordil was the first victim聽in what police said聽was a two-day rampage across two Maryland counties that left three people dead.
Her estranged husband, Eulalio Tordil, has been charged in the killings.
But nearly a week after she was shot and killed while picking up her kids at a Beltsville high school, her family is struggling to bury her.
Gladys Tordil’s family wants her body repatriated to the Philippines, where they say聽she’d want to be buried, according to聽Arnedo Valera with the .
Valera is helping facilitate the聽family’s wishes.
“You聽know, we should not allow an immigrant 鈥� or anyone for that matter 鈥� to die alone in this community,” Valera said.
The that it was working with Valera to get Gladys Tordil’s聽sister a visa in order to聽come to the U.S., handle her estate and accompany her nieces to their mother’s funeral.
The聽process will聽cost the聽family between $8,000 and聽$10,000,聽Valera said.
“I’m聽pretty sure that our society is generous. The immigrant community is generous. They will make this happen,” he said.
There is an afford college. But for those who would like to help her family with the cost of repatriating her body and flying her daughters to the Philippines, they can donate at the.
