An Arizona man is being remembered by his family after his death on Christmas Eve . The man was acting as a good Samaritan when strangers showed up at his door asking for help. Despite the late hour, he was willing to do a good deed. And that good deed led to him losing his life.
Now, his family has nothing left but the memories of the “gentle giant” they loved. Days after Christmas, three people were arrested in connection with the killing. Of course, it won’t bring the man back, but his family says it’s something.
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The family is speaking out about who the man really was.
Christina Clifford, the widow of Paul Clifford, spoke with KVOA about her husband’s death, and how the family is grappling with the unexpected loss.
“I feel so empty. We planned to grow old together, live into our 90s, and die of old age,” she said.
The couple’s daughter, Sabrina Vining, shared the ways she and her mother are trying to explain the loss to her 3-year-old son William. “Every night when he’s going to sleep she [Christina] gives him two kisses, one from her and one from ‘Popsy.’ And then we tell him that Popsy’s in our heart, and then he looks at us and goes ‘Popsy’s in your heart, Popsy’s in my heart,’” she explained.