{"id":219982,"date":"2026-06-16T00:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219982\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T00:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:03:12","slug":"the-recovery-house-where-she-was-murdered-by-her-son-now-bears-her-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219982\/","title":{"rendered":"The recovery house where she was murdered by her son now bears her name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 She was murdered by her own son, but her legacy lives on.<\/p>\n<p>The recovery house in Philadelphia where Christine Gibson worked now bears her name. Her son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/news\/local\/keith-gibson-convicted-murder-trial\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keith Gibson, was convicted of her murder<\/a> and three others last week.<\/p>\n<p>Family-oriented with a heart of gold \u2014 that\u2019s how David Thorton remembers his sister, Christine Gibson. <\/p>\n<p>Years ago, the siblings struggled with addiction but went through recovery together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was out on the streets and she told me she wanted to get her life back together,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThat\u2019s how we bonded real close, and actually, she came off the streets and went and got her master\u2019s degree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christine Gibson received her master\u2019s in sociology and went on to become the director of a peer recovery house in East Falls, where she helped others facing similar issues. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the same recovery house where, in February 2021, she was killed by her son, Keith Gibson.<\/p>\n<p>The Resources for Human Development (RHD) house was renamed in her honor: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhd.org\/cgpsh\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Christine Gibson Peer Support House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was named after her because of who she was, because of the fact that she was a respected behavioral health leader,\u201d said RHD CEO Brian Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p>He said the peer-driven house \u201callows the connection to exist between individuals who may experience or who have experienced the same circumstances of individuals who stay in the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pride ourselves on helping those that are considered the least, the lost and the less fortunate who have been underserved in the community for quite some time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton said he is so proud of what his sister accomplished, and he misses her every day. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe loved her recovery community and her family, and that was her life,\u201d he said. \u201cShe was determined. One thing I say about my sister, when she said something, it got done. That\u2019s how strong-minded she was.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 She was murdered by her own son, but her legacy lives on. The recovery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[94076,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-219982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-keith-gibson","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}