After the rape and murder of his wife, a father carries on
Richard Nunez is up almost every morning at 4 to feed his 6-year-old son and change his diaper.
Thiago Nunez was born with severe disabilities that left him unable to walk on his own and functioning at the level of an infant. He relies almost entirely on his father, a 51-year-old former gym instructor who was left to care for Thiago and two other children after his wife was raped and murdered by a former neighbor in Mattapan in 2011.
“I’m alone with Thiago and it is hard,” Nunez said. “I have three children to take care of and they’re all destroyed emotionally.”
Last week, Nunez settled a lawsuit with the Dolben Company in Woburn, the firm that managed the complex on Fairlawn Avenue where Nunez’s wife, Rosanna Mirielle Camilo, was killed. The confidential agreement was reached on the second day of jury deliberations following a two-week trial. The terms were not disclosed, but the family had asked the jury to award them over $22 million.
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