{"id":5364,"date":"2019-12-31T09:08:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T14:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=5364"},"modified":"2019-12-31T09:09:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T14:09:01","slug":"lakeland-community-mourns-mother-killed-in-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/12\/31\/lakeland-community-mourns-mother-killed-in-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland community mourns mother killed in Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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\"  width =\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 200 people through prayer, song and lighting\ncandles, family and friends honored and remembered the life of 30-year-old\nRacheal Ramsey on Monday night at Frances Langford Promenade on Lake Mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramsey and her friend, 27-year-old Chris Pine, were murdered\nin Ramsey\u2019s Lakeland home&nbsp;on Christmas Eve&nbsp;by Leighton Josephs, the\nfather of her two children. Josephs then died by suicide; Lakeland police say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramsey\u2019s two daughters and Pine\u2019s two children were at the\nhome during the shooting. They were not physically hurt and removed safely by\nofficers, Lakeland police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it was good for the girls because they cried and\nthat\u2019s been something, they haven\u2019t done a lot of,\u201d said Rachael\u2019s mother Karen\nRamsey, who is now taking care of her two young granddaughters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe loved her daughters, they were her world,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many in attendance at the memorial were members of the\nCrystal Lake United Methodist Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis community has seen her grow up,\u201d Pastor Katie Sirmons\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramsey called the outpouring of support for her family since\nlosing her daughter \u201coverwhelming and humbling to know that she touched so many\nlives that we were not aware of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramsey was a devout member of Crystal Lake UMC. At the\nchurch, she cared for the congregation\u2019s children in the nursery when she\nwasn\u2019t working at a daycare during the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo know her was to love her and she was a very special\nperson and she was filled with kindness and joy and she just lit up every room\nshe entered,\u201d said Jessica Criss, a close friend of Ramsey\u2019s from the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During maybe the most emotional moment of the night,\nRamsey\u2019s loved ones placed white flowers next to her picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI guess I haven\u2019t wanted to admit that this is not just a\nnightmare I\u2019m going to wake up from,\u201d Karen Ramsey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said the family plans to get help from grief counselors,\nespecially for the children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 200 people through prayer, song and lighting candles, family and friends honored and remembered the life of 30-year-old Racheal Ramsey on Monday night at Frances Langford Promenade on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6,12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-local","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}