LAS VEGAS (FOX5) —A Las Vegas Valley woman has built three memorial crosses for her homeless friend who died near Dean Martin Drive and Arby Avenue, but someone keeps removing them.
Essence Bacon put up the latest cross on Thursday, adorned with purple and white roses and butterflies to remember 34-year-old Melissa Nicole Bernson. The cross sits next to a storm drain where Bernsen lived underground.
“I have to make sure that I put her favorite colors. And she loved butterflies. She gave me a butterfly necklace one time. So, the butterflies kind of represent her,” Bacon said…