To understand Evelyn Valdes and her impact on the South Florida community, her family says all you need to do is take a look at the funeral’s expansive guest list.
Over 350 loved ones stuffed themselves through the doors of Memorial Plan Branam Funeral Home & Crematory’s doors in Homestead last month to celebrate the life of the 28-year-old social worker, who was shot dead in a police-involved shooting on June 14. When the building reached capacity, they stood somberly in its parking lot under a midday sun.
Weeks later, a handful of Valdes’ close friends and family would gather again in a Kendall hotel ballroom, this time to demand answers…