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Family, friends and colleagues pay their last respects to the three women who were allegedly killed by a family member

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16 ROSS ADAMS OF WAPT TALKS TO GRIEVING FAMILY MEMBERS. 4338 24-34 WE CONGRATULATIONS AND SADNESSES ARE STOPPING BY WESTHAVEN FUNERAL HOME ALL DAY TO PAY OUR LAST RESPECT AS WE HEAR FROM THE LAST SURVIVING SISTER OF THE WELCH FAMILY.> FAM SOUND 1:33-1:45 KIM WELCH/LOST MOTHER AND SISTERS GFX THE TRAGEDY occurred on Mother’s Day after police found 42-year-old Crystal Welch, her 56-year-old sister Vicky Welch and their 76-year-old mother Ida Thomas Welch shot to death in the elder Welch’s Ridgeland home. VO Family Sound 8:52-9:02 GFX CRYSTAL WAS THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE ACLU OF MISSISSIPPI AND WAS AN ATTORNEY AND PROFESSOR AT MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW. FRIENDS HAVE PRAISED HER WORK IN PLACING CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. GFX FAM SOUND 10:09-10:19 POLICE IDENTIFIED IVORY WELCH III AS THE SHOOTER IN THE FATAL SHOOTING. WELCH IS IDA’S SON AND BROTHER TO CRYSTAL AND VICKY. HE WAS KILLED DAYS LATER WHILE ON THE FLEECE IN A SHOOTING WITH STATE OFFICERS IN ARIZONA. ACCORDING TO KIM WELCH, HER FAMILY DID EVERYTHING IT COULD HAVE TO HELP HER BROTHER, WHO BATTLED DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. FAM SOUND 11:06-11:17

Family, friends and colleagues pay their last respects to the three women who were allegedly killed by a family member

Woman holds back tears as she talks about suddenly losing her entire family

Family, friends and colleagues are paying their final respects to three women killed by a family member earlier this month. A wake was held Wednesday at Westhaven Funeral Home on Robinson Street for Crystal Welch, 42, Vicky Welch, 56, and their mother, 76-year-old Ida Thomas Welch. The women were found shot to death in a Ridgeland home on Mother’s Day. The suspect, Ivory James Welch III, was the son of Ida and brother of Crystal and Vicky. He was killed days later in a shootout with police officers in Arizona after fleeing Mississippi following the shooting. Crystal Welch was the board president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi and an attorney who served as a professor at Mississippi College School of Law. Among the mourners who visited the funeral home Wednesday were two women who work for the Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services. They said Crystal Welch was instrumental in placing several children in foster care. The last surviving sibling, Kim Welch, fought back tears as she spoke of suddenly losing her entire family. She said even though Crystal was the youngest, she was the glue that held the family together. She said they always did things together and talked every day. “They’re all gone. Nobody is here and I miss them,” Kim Welch said. “God give me strength every day.” Kim Welch said her family did everything they could to help her brother as he struggled with drug addiction and mental health issues. “Nobody ever thought he would do this. Nobody ever — ever,” she said. “He wasn’t supposed to have guns, so nobody ever imagined he could have picked up a gun to do anything.” The women will be buried after a funeral Thursday morning at New Hope Baptist Church.

JACKSON, Miss. —

Family, friends and colleagues are expressing their condolences to the three women killed by a family member earlier this month.

A wake was held Wednesday at Westhaven Funeral Home on Robinson Street for Crystal Welch, 42, Vicky Welch, 56, and her mother, 76-year-old Ida Thomas Welch. The women were found shot to death in a Ridgeland home on Mother’s Day.

The suspect, Ivory James Welch III, was the son of Ida and brother of Crystal and Vicky. He was killed days later in a shootout with police officers in Arizona after fleeing Mississippi following the shooting.

Crystal Welch was the board chair of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi and an attorney who served as a professor at Mississippi College School of Law. Among the mourners who visited the funeral home on Wednesday were two women who work for the Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services. They said Crystal Welch was instrumental in getting several children into foster care.

The last surviving sister, Kim Welch, fought back tears as she spoke of suddenly losing her entire family. She said that although Crystal was the youngest, she was the glue that held the family together. She said they always did things together and spoke to each other every day.

“They’re all gone. No one is here and I miss them,” said Kim Welch. “God give me strength every day.”

Kim Welch said her family did everything possible to help her brother as he struggled with drug addiction and mental health issues.

“Nobody ever thought he would do that. Nobody – ever,” she said. “He wasn’t allowed to have guns, so nobody could have imagined he would have picked up a gun to do anything.”

The women will be buried following a funeral Thursday morning at New Hope Baptist Church.

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