FAMILY BURIES BOY, 3, KILLED IN MURDER-SUICIDE.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff WriterA private burial service The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service s>. See also: Burial Burial was held Friday for Dylan Allan Stanfield, the 3-year-old boy who was shot to death in a Thanksgiving week murder-suicide in his Canyon Country home. He was remembered with an afternoon service in the chapel at Eternal Valley Memorial Park. The youngster is survived by his mother, grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl , great-grandparents, aunts and uncles in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern , Texas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Oregon and Singapore. Sheriff's investigators believe the preschooler's father, Calvin Stanfield, killed Dylan and then turned the gun on himself. The incident began during the afternoon of Nov. 25 when Stanfield, 34, opened fire on his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife, Vonda, at the condominium complex on Saratoga Way. Vonda Stanfield, 35, spent two weeks in the hospital and was discharged from UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. on Dec. 11, a hospital spokesman said. Dylan had attended Santa Clarita KinderCare since infancy. The preschool and Valencia National Bank opened an account in Dylan's memory to help Vonda Stanfield raise donations to cover her son's funeral expenses. The afternoon of the shootings, Vonda Stanfield had filed a complaint at the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire station, stemming from a confrontation with Calvin in a Northridge parking lot. She alleged spousal abuse against Calvin, a nine-year employee of the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation. After Vonda was shot, sheriff's deputies evacuated the condominium complex, closed off streets and flew in sharpshooters by helicopter. Four hours later, deputies stormed into the home and found the father and son dead. Among Dylan's surviving relatives are grandparents Allan and Nancy Brandli of Liberty, Texas; Connie and John Heefner of Houston; and Neil and Catalina Stanfield of Magalia, Calif. Others include great-grandparents Edward and Agnes Brandli of Warroad, Minn.; Aulis and Mildred Zink of Indianola, Neb.; Clarence Waddell of Friend, Neb.; and Cecilia Garcia of Sun Valley. |
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