{"id":78055,"date":"2026-01-05T07:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78055\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:01:09","slug":"the-village-is-needed-dozens-honor-victims-of-bethlehem-murder-suicide-at-candlelight-vigil-bethelehm-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78055\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The village is needed&#8217;: Dozens honor victims of Bethlehem murder-suicide at candlelight vigil | Bethelehm Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; Dozens of people stood outside a home on 10th Avenue in Bethlehem holding candles and balloons Sunday night. It is where police said a murder-suicide happened on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/lehigh-county\/bethlehem-area\/bethlehem-police-respond-to-911-call-after-child-reports-suspected-murder-suicide-scene\/article_9762267e-6477-49a9-8ade-1731f9be8e36.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Bethlehem Police respond to 911 call after child reports suspected murder-suicide scene\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            Bethlehem Police respond to 911 call after child reports suspected murder-suicide scene<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s important to be here to really support this family right now,&#8221; said Jeani Garcia, executive director of Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley. Garcia was at the vigil.<\/p>\n<p>The Coroner said 39-year-old Sarah Rice and 42-year-old Greg Johnson died.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/lehigh-county\/bethlehem-area\/lehigh-county-coroner-identifies-victims-of-suspected-murder-suicide-in-bethlehem\/article_7563d387-7b2a-4782-84f8-f0ab6d6d831b.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Lehigh County coroner identifies victims of suspected murder-suicide in Bethlehem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            Lehigh County coroner identifies victims of suspected murder-suicide in Bethlehem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The community, the village is needed. There&#8217;s children who have lost both parents and this is a crisis that affects the entire community,&#8221; said Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>Police said a child had been dropped off after a play date on Friday and came back outside saying there was a serious issue that had happened inside the home.<\/p>\n<p>According to Police, two other children were inside the home and safely removed by police.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said an older adult who was unaware of what happened was also inside and is not a suspect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And really what they want to say, the organizers of tonight is that if you are having a mental health crisis, it is not weak to ask for help, reach out,&#8221; said Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia said if you see someone in a mental health crisis to offer support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oftentimes we say people are just having a bad day and not realizing that it&#8217;s more than just a bad day,&#8221; said Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>Several people at the vigil who did not want to speak on camera said they are saddened by what happened and they are praying for all of those impacted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s continue to support this family not just today at a candle lighting, but in the future. This family is going to need a lot of love and support,&#8221; said Garcia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; Dozens of people stood outside a home on 10th Avenue in Bethlehem holding candles and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,1391,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-78055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-_homepage_top_stories","9":"tag-bethlehem","10":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","11":"tag-bethlehem-news","12":"tag-bethlehem-area","13":"tag-crime"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78055","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=78055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}