Nicholas and Virginia Payne, living a comfortable life in the Litchfield Hills, never thought much about gun and drug violence.

It was on TV or in the papers, not something that would come crashing into their country life.

The Paynes raised an outgoing and optimistic daughter, Rebecca, who left New Milford for Northeastern University in Boston in 2004, full of ambition and dreams of becoming an athletic trainer.

Four years ago the phone rang on an unforgettable Tuesday in May, changing their lives forever.
 
 
 
 

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