Mother and her four children killed in Medford laid to rest
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The mother and her four children who were found stabbed in their Medford, Ore. home were laid to rest in Bakersfield, Calif. on Saturday.
Tabasha Paige-Criado and her four children were found stabbed in the neck by firefighters responding to their burning home in Medford on July 18.
The only suspect, her husband Jordan Criado, is still unconscious and in the hospital.
The family is still trying to understand why something like this had to happen to Tabasha and her four children.
"She was an incredible mother. She was involved with her children. You could see it in the photos. She loved them and protected them," Tabasha's great-aunt Evelyn Young said.
The family says Tabasha, 30, Elijah, 7, Isaac, 6, Andrew, 5, and Aurora, 2, were taken too soon.
"My sister was always creative. She always wanted to make things better," Tabasha's brother Jessie Adams said.
Even her ten-year-old nephew, who didn't know her that long, had only fond memories of Tabasha.
"If you were down she would just do something to make you say. Oh, Tabasha, you just make me laugh!" Quinton Reed said.
With the loss, the family shared a message to any woman who is experiencing domestic violence.
"I promised Tabasha that we would not be silent. She didn't speak out so we are going to speak out for her. If you are being controlled tell somebody. A friend, a pastor, just tell somebody," Young said.
Tabasha Paige-Criado and her four children were found stabbed in the neck by firefighters responding to their burning home in Medford on July 18.
The only suspect, her husband Jordan Criado, is still unconscious and in the hospital.
The family is still trying to understand why something like this had to happen to Tabasha and her four children.
"She was an incredible mother. She was involved with her children. You could see it in the photos. She loved them and protected them," Tabasha's great-aunt Evelyn Young said.
The family says Tabasha, 30, Elijah, 7, Isaac, 6, Andrew, 5, and Aurora, 2, were taken too soon.
"My sister was always creative. She always wanted to make things better," Tabasha's brother Jessie Adams said.
Even her ten-year-old nephew, who didn't know her that long, had only fond memories of Tabasha.
"If you were down she would just do something to make you say. Oh, Tabasha, you just make me laugh!" Quinton Reed said.
With the loss, the family shared a message to any woman who is experiencing domestic violence.
"I promised Tabasha that we would not be silent. She didn't speak out so we are going to speak out for her. If you are being controlled tell somebody. A friend, a pastor, just tell somebody," Young said.
