Penticton mother remembered on her birthday as grieving family waits for justice
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It was a birthday occasion the grieving family of Alexa Knodel, who was found deceased this past spring, never imagined they would be marking with this type of tribute.
Candles, pictures and plenty of memories were shared at a vigil Saturday night to remember a young Penticton, B.C., mother on what would have been her 22nd birthday.
It was a birthday occasion her grieving family never imagined they would be marking with this type of tribute.
“Absolutely not. No,” said a tearful Debbie Norris. “She was so full of life and had so many plans, and she was just such a kind, outgoing person.”
Norris is the grandmother of Alexa Knodel, who was found deceased in her apartment building this past spring.
She left behind a young son, just a year old at the time.
“She was a wonderful mother,” Debbie Norris said.
RCMP have called her death a homicide but no arrests have been made in the case.
“It honestly makes it a lot harder to process, you know, why this happened,” said Ozwald Norris, Knodel’s cousin.
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