Published: December 01, 2008 11:04 pm

By Matthew Jackson
Huntsville Item Staff Reporter

More than 100 people packed into the conference room at the Texas Prison Museum Monday night to commemorate the 13th annual Walker County Tree of Angels, an annual holiday monument to victims of violent crime in the county.

The event was hosted by Walker County Judge Danny Pierce and Walker County District Attorney David Weeks, and was attended by the families of more than a dozen victims of violent crime, as well as law enforcement personnel from every agency active in Walker County, including the Walker County Sheriff’s Department, the Huntsville Police Department, the Huntsville Fire Department and the Texas Rangers.

In a corner of the room, flanked by two small Christmas trees, were photos of each of the victims-people of all ages, all walks of life-each with its own small candle waiting to be lit by someone close to them.

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