Mother's Day will never be the same for Rochelle Alexander.
Not since the holiday in 2017, when she got the call that her son had been killed.
Keith Cundiff Jr., 32, was shot in the back in the 800 block of Maryland Avenue that afternoon.
The father of three was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lorin Wright was arrested a short time later.
But what police didn't know at the time was it wasn't the first time Wright had killed.
Saleem Tolbert was gunned down July 6, 2010.
His family thought they might never see an arrest in the case.
Wright was served murder charges in his cell at the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
Both families got to face their loved ones now-admitted killer at his sentencing Thursday, as he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his crimes.
"We as a family will continue to live out his life, his legacy he left behind," Tolbert's mother, Sheila Harvey, told the court.
His younger sister, Shameeka Cottman, became the eldest when her brother died. She also was preparing to become a mother, pregnant with her first child.
"He was ecstatic" when he found out his sister was pregnant, she said with a smile Thursday. The deal was, the firstborn would be named after her sibling.
But he never got to meet his nephew, who is now 12.
Cottman said her children still talk of him as if they know him. His name and his family members memories of him are a constant in the lives of this new generation.
Tolbert's son will graduate high school this year. He suffers from losing his father at just 4 years old, his grandmother said. He still can't understand why.
For his part, Wright offered no insight.
He sat in court Thursday with a mask cover the bottom half of his face. He didn't respond to the families' words. When asked if he wanted to say anything, Wright declined.
"You're a coward and a menace to society," Alexander told him.
His criminality has continued, even while in jail.
"There is great risk he will commit another offense, and do so violently," Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury said.
The plea deal encompassed all his crimes, with smaller sentences that will be served concurrently.
Wright must serve 85 percent of his sentence, or 17 years, before he is eligible for parole. He already has nearly five years and 10 months of jail credit.
He could be free within 12 years.
