ATLANTA — A DeKalb County mother is pleading for an end to senseless killings after all three of her sons died in separate homicides.
Janice Ballard-Dean has lost three children over a span of 17 years.
Her son Kentavious Ballard was shot and killed at Central Park in Atlanta in 2012.
His brother Octavious was shot and killed in Clayton County in 2000.
Ballard-Dean said her son Xavier died in a DeKalb County robbery in 2001.
“Losing three sons, brutally murdered, shot and robbed and senseless – it’s very hard,” she said.
Both Kentavious and Octavious’ slayings are now cold cases.
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Ballard-Dean has become an advocate for crime victims while waiting for justice for two of her three sons.
“I just want the killing and the violence to stop,” she said.
The mother said her son Kentavious was an aspiring author and filmmaker.
She has set up a GoFundMe page in order to raise money to publish his book so that his name can live on.
A $5,000 Crime Stoppers reward is being offered in the case of Kentavious Ballard.
If you have any information on the case, you are asked to call Atlanta police.