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Updated at 8:10 a.m., Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Silent march today for stabbed Big Island boy

Advertiser Staff

 

The march to honor Tyran Vesperas-Saniatan, 14, will be on Beretania Street this afternoon.

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The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence will hold a silent march today for Tyran Vesperas-Saniatan, the 14-year-old Big Island youth fatally stabbed June 11 in Pahoa while trying to protect his pregnant mother.

Tyran's father, Tyrone Vesperas, 38, has been charged with murder in the death of his son. He is also accused of stabbing his pregnant wife in the abdomen, causing her to lose her unborn child.

The march on Beretania Street is scheduled from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Marchers are asked to meet at the Father Damien statue at the state Capitol.

Rep. John Mizuno, D-30th (Kamehameha Heights, Kalihi Valley, Fort Shafter), is co-sponsoring the march.