Father of murder victim speaks for the first time.
MEDICINE HAT, AB — For most people the holidays are a time to reconnect and be with family.
But for Clayton Hewer, a major part of his family won’t be here for Christmas.
Hewer’s son Dustin was killed early in November, and his death came at a time when his father says he was finally getting his son back.
“That’s all I have left of my son…..how can I hug that?” said the grief stricken father as he held a chain of Dustin’s Thursday afternoon. The pain of losing his son is still raw for Hewer, who moved to Medicine Hat two years ago to be closer to Dustin after the two were estranged for a few years following a divorce. Now in the wake of Dustin’s death, the father is left grappling with unimaginable anguish.