Family devastated after decade-old memorial cross vanishes from Independence

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) – A cross nestled in a tree near Hayward and S. Grand Avenues hung as a quiet reminder for a grieving family for more than a decade.

Family members returned to visit the memorial to Craig “CJ” Faith Jr. recently. When they arrived, they found the tree cut and the cross missing.

“Finding out that the cross is now missing has been devastating for our family. It wasn’t just a cross it was a symbol of our love for him and a place that means so much to us,” Kimberly Westcott, Faith’s niece, said…

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