By Anesta Henry
Screams pierced the still of Westbury Cemetery at 3:24 p.m. on Thursday as the casket bearing the remains of 26-year-old Joel Francina Hope was lowered into its final resting place.
The uncontrollable screams, followed by tears, came from Hope’s paternal grandmother Rosaline Mann who repeatedly called out her granddaughter’s name. Joel was killed on her birthday Tuesday, February 7.
“Joel