I-Team Unsolved: Sybil Kelley remembers the good times with her 14-year-old son, Ja Renta Reed

6 years ago

Sybil Kelley smiled and her face lit up at the memories of her slain son. “He enjoyed school, video games. He loved his PSP – like a mini Playstation. He had an MP3 player – he liked his music,” she said. “He liked to joke a lot. He’d make you laugh. He could just walk in the house and everybody would just have a big smile on their face because they were just so happy to see him. He brought so much to the table. So much peace. So much love. And fun.” Then Kelley laughed and told a story about Ja Renta. “He called himself Jesus. I thought I had to bring that up because that was funny,” she said. “Any time he was about to get in trouble, he would just say ‘Jeez-sus’ and he'd know you'd leave him alone because you would think, ‘Jesus, I don't want us to whoop this child.’ “Anytime he was in trouble, he’d say Jeez-sus, and he knew he’d get saved.”

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