In November 2002, Brandon James Malstrom was stabbed to death at a homecoming party in College Park. He was a 20-year-old operations and quality management major at the University of Maryland, and, said his mother, Carol, he was very active in a variety of extracurricular activities.

In the aftermath of this tragedy, Brandon?s loved ones found encouragement from the tremendous outpouring of support not only from his friends and the Phoenix/Jacksonville community, but also from all across the state.