...George's parents, who were dealing with their own emotions in a nearby room in the courthouse. Sitka victims' advocate Vicki D'Amico walked into the room and told the George couple, "Dennis Starr said to tell you guys he is sorry this happened...

...survived by his mother, Christine Littlefield; siblings and their spouses, Kathy and George Erickson, Gerry Hope and Vicki D'Amico, and Greg and Ellen Littlefield; children, Christopher and Tillie Hope, and Andrew Percy Hope IV and Ishmael Hope...