4 factory shooting victims to be buried in Mexico
By Jason Riley • jriley@courier-journal.com • June 26, 2008

SEBREE, Ky -- The bodies of four Atlantis Plastics shooting victims will be sent back to Mexico for burial, according to Tomblinson Funeral home in Sebree.

The visitation for the four Hispanic victims will be Friday, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Tomblinson.

Another visitation will be held Saturday from noon to 5 p.m at Tomblinson.

The funerals will be held at the Holy Name Catholic Church in Henderson at 6 p.m. Saturday. The victims are Trisha Mirelez, 25, Rachael Vasquez, 26, and Joshua Hinojosa, 28, all of Sebree; and Israel Monroy, 29, of Henderson.

Family members of the victims have been filing into the funeral home all day, meeting with the Rev. Jason McClure, pastor at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Sebree, which the four victims attended.

Several family members declined to comment, saying they were too upset to talk.

Some local businesses in Sebree, which has a Hispanic population estimated as high as 800 in the town of 1,800, are collecting donations for the victims. A local bank, Independence Bank, is also taking donations.

"Everyone is saddened by this," said Sebree Mayor Ron Todd. "There's a lot of people really upset right now."

Reporter Jason Riley can be reached at (502) 582-4727.

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