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Slain Danvers Teacher's Family Speaks Out

The family of Colleen Ritzer talks about their loss in a video released over the weekend.

By Laurel J. Sweet, Boston Herald

The family of a Danvers High School math teacher brutally raped and murdered last fall spoke out about their loss in a video released yesterday as more than 3,000 people turned out for a road race to raise money for a scholarship in her name.

In the video featuring Colleen Ritzer’s parents, Tom and Peggie Ritzer, and siblings, Laura and Tom of Andover, Peggie Ritzer said, “These past six months have been a period of great pain and sorrow for our family and all those who knew and loved Colleen.

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