Sherry West

Sherry West was the mother of Antonio Santiago, her 13-month old child who was killed during an alleged attempted armed robbery by a black teenager De'Marquis Elkins and his alleged accomplice 14-year old Dominique Lang.

Violent death of first son
Sherry West had a 18-year-old son, Shaun Glassey, was killed in Gloucester County, N.J in March of 2008. He was killed with a steak knife in March 2008 during an ambush attack he and several other teens attempted on a nighttime street corner. He was the one armed with a knife, but during the attempted stabbing, the 17-year-old target of the attack was able to get the knife away from him and stabbed Glassey instead.

Prosecutors decided the 17-year-old would not be charged because they determined that he acted in self-defense.

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