Every couple of weeks or so, Hamilton County child welfare workers pull out a cot between the desks and file cabinets of their downtown Cincinnati office building and put a child to sleep because they can’t find a suitable family member or an available foster home. While this is relatively new for the county, it is not an anomaly.

He cocked his head and leaned in from the edge of the funeral home’s couch, when they asked what he needed. Those who came to call couldn’t imagine losing a member of their family, let alone eight — all at the same time, in a murderous massacre in the stillness of the night. Death and family brought the Rhodens to Ohio generations ago. Now it holds them here.

WEST PORTSMOUTH – Scott Davis will fuss over them, one by one, before the Rhoden family arrives. He will straighten a tie, push a stray hair away from a face, adjust hands. He will run a lint roller over the clothing one last time. Then he will pat the chest, ever so gently. And move on to the next casket. And the next. And the next.

Dear Mrs. DuBose, I just wanted you to know I visited your son today. As you summoned a strength no mother should have to bear, to watch the video that showed University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing fire a single fatal gunshot into your oldest son's head, I wanted to let you know that Sam is at peace in the cemetery's Garden of Love section.

Last week, the wait ended for any new revelation in the death of Andrew Cunanan's fifth and most famous victim, Gianni Versace, when Miami Beach closed the case. The Star Tribune uncovered clues from more than 2,000 pages of documents, more than 2,300 crime-scene photos and interviews with hundreds of people across the country - investigators, criminologists, witnesses, friends, family members.

MIAMI BEACH -- The thumb print of suspected killer Andrew Cunanan was sent to police among routine police paperwork at least five days before he allegedly gunned down Gianni Versace outside the fashion designer's villa.