Double tragedy: Family of woman killed in Bridgeport hit-and-run can't afford to fly her body home for burial

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Double tragedy: Family of woman killed in Bridgeport hit-and-run can't afford to fly her body home for burial

More than two weeks later, Kemesha Roberts Johnson hasn't been buried because of the expense to her family in Jamaica.

Marissa Alter

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Mar 30, 2022, 5:37 PM

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Double tragedy: Family of woman killed in Bridgeport hit-and-run can't afford to fly her body home for burial

More than two weeks later, Kemesha Roberts Johnson hasn't been buried because of the expense to her family in Jamaica.

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