Mother digs for evidence after son killed, burned in field
A Detroit mother said her pain won't go away until she has answers in her son's murder case.
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Roberto Ayala was shot multiple times Oct. 30, 2018, on Poplar Street on Detroit's west side, and his body was set on fire, officials said. In the months since, his mother has been working to gather new evidence police might have missed.
Mother digs for evidence after son killed, burned in field on Detroit's west side
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