Christopher Aiken’s mother, Donna, and adoptive father, Roy, embrace after releasing a dove above their son’s casket. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Doves are released after a final prayer at the graveside of Christopher Aiken at Conejo Mountain Memorial Park. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
People gather for a candlelight vigil at the Chatsworth station a week after a Metrolink train collided with a Union Pacific freight train, killing 25 people and injuring 135. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
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Ruben James, left, Ashley Dunn and Angelina Kush join others for a candlelight vigil at the Chatsworth train station, a week after the fatal Metrolink crash. “I came to pay my respects. I ride that train,” James said. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Marisela Alvarez, left, and Martha Anguiano pass a line of white crosses on Chatsworth Street near the railroad tracks where 25 people were killed and 135 were injured Sept. 12 when a Metrolink commuter train collided with a Union Pacific freight train. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Barrie Winston, right, daughter of train crash victim Howard Pompel, is consoled by family friend Aviva Millan at a memorial service Wednesday at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center. Pompel’s son Cliff is at left. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Officer Kevin Scott leads the riderless horse honoring Officer Spree DeSha during her funeral processional, ending at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels downtown. DeSha died in Friday’s Metrolink crash. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
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DeSha’s badge and hat are displayed at her funeral. Police reported earlier that DeSha’s badge was bent almost in half by the force of the Metrolink crash. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Allan and Sha Moran, far right, mourn over their daughter Spree DeSha’s casket with her life partner, LAPD Officer Laura Gerritsen. The woman at left is unidentified. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
