The boy’s mother, Julianne McCrery of Texas, is accused of killing him in New Hampshire.
Jay Wilcox of Sanford, Maine, shares a moment with his son, Travis, 7, Tuesday, as they keep candles burning at a vigil in South Berwick, Maine, for Camden Hughes, of Irving, Texas, whose unidentified dead body was found along the side of a road last weekend.
CONCORD, N.H. – The grandmother of the little boy found dead along a dirt road in Maine is thanking the strangers who held a vigil in his honor.
LuRae McCrery of Curtis, Neb., sent a letter to several media outlets saying she is heartbroken over the death of her grandson, 6-year-old Camden Hughes, but was touched by the outpouring of concern that followed the discovery of his body in South Berwick, Maine, on Saturday.
The boy’s mother, 42-year-old Julianne McCrery of Irving, Texas, is accused of killing him in New Hampshire and is charged with second-degree murder. She was arrested in Massachusetts.
LuRae McCrery says Camden was a very bright kindergartener who liked to practice writing his letters. She says her birthday, which she shared with Camden, will never be the same.