Josh Hunt
 I
am the proud father of Josh “Treasure”. Josh was
my best bud, we were very close and now he is gone.
When someone is murdered it feels like someone has robbed
you and there is a large void in your life. The emotions that
you go through race from one to another and back again. We
all miss Josh sooooooooo much.
We have visited his grave many times and I stand
there looking at it speaking with him. No one deserves to
die this way especially Josh and at such a young age 16. Josh
had many friends, and I mean many friends. Can you imagine
if he lived to become an adult, how many lives he would have
touched? He was truly an amazing kid.
He was a loving heart felt guy that touched
everyone including me in a very special way. He taught us
so much. He never judged anyone, he liked you and loved you
for who you were even when you made a mistake. There will
never be another Josh like him in this world.
On October 14, 2006 at approx 2:45 am, Josh
was stabbed by the accused with a 10 inch knife through his
heart and lung and died. On October 14, 2006 at approx 3 am
my wife and I heard a terrible knock on our front door. My
wife went to the door and I could hear from our bedroom Shawn,
Josh's friend with his mother, say Josh was stabbed by Nick's
brother and I was trying to tell him to breathe. When I heard
this I knew this was not going to be good. My wife and I quickly
got dressed and drove to the U of A Hospital. During our drive
I phoned the emergency department to see how he was. The head
doctor came to the phone and told me that he needed to see
us right away. I then replied to him is Josh okay and he replied
just come in and see us I have to talk to you. I then looked
at my wife and told her that I feel sick to my stomach and
I feel that this is not going to be good news.
When we arrived at the hospital they put us
in a conference room, which seemed like a very cold room and
it felt like we were waiting for the doctor for hours, which
was only minutes. I looked at my wife across the table and
said honey I want you to get prepared for the worst news of
our lives.My wife is a very special lady that always tries
to be positive, and she replied to me Gary you don't know!
he might be in intensive care. (I wish she was right) just
then my sister Debbie and brother in law Calvin came in the
room and then the doctor, one nurse and the Edmonton City
Police started talking to us.My wife stood up and said I just
want to know if our son is alive. That's when we heard the
worst news of our lives. Josh had passed away from a stab
wound to his heart and lung and they could not save him. My
wife and I collapsed with disbelief and it felt like we were
in the worst dream of our lives. We have a lot of family and
friends that really care and are trying to help us through
this huge loss but is hurts more than anything in life.
Josh was buried in a metal sealed casket with
his favorite color Blue on Friday October 20 (My sister’s
birthday) at the South Haven Cemetery located on Whitemud
Freeway and Hwy 21 Edmonton. We were lucky enough to be able
to give him a good funeral. There were over 700 people that
attended. Josh will always be in our hearts and I know one
day we will see him again in heaven.
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