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Marcelo Lucero Vigil Saturday
Ceremony memorializing the fifth anniversary of Lucero's death is taking place at Iglesia Evangelica Refugio.
A vigil in remembrance of Marcelo Lucero is taking place Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Iglesia Evangelica Refugio De Salvacion, 102 Railroad Ave. in Patchogue.
Lucero, a 37-year-old Ecuadorean immigrant, was killed on Nov. 8, 2008 after being attacked by a group of teenagers with one of them, Jeffrey Conroy, fatally stabbing Lucero. Conroy is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence after being convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime in 2010.
This year's vigil memorializes the five-year anniversary of the murder.
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