Sandra Rencontre plans to remember her nine-year-old son James and seek ways the community can benefit. James was stabbed and killed by his father, Mateusz Dzierbun, at Cataldi Park in San Jose in July. Dzierbun called 911 reporting his son was badly stabbed and described the suspect as a different person. Officers say Dzierbun charged at them with a knife and was shot and killed by police. Rencontre says she and Dzierbun cohabitated and raised James and is shocked by the deterioration of Dzierbun's mental state. Rencontre remembers James as a jokester, kind and compassionate child who tried to befriend others.
"It's a whole other life," Rencontre said. "I never imagined that I would have to live this life without him."
"He was a jokester and just super kind and compassionate," Rencontre said. "One of his schoolmates wrote, even though he knew he didn't need to be everybody's friend, he was still kind and tried to be everybody's friend."
"It was crazy. I mean, I spoke to them throughout the day. I didn't realize that there could be anything wrong until it was already too late."
"I mean, you can see it when you look backwards," Rencontre said. "But in it, you wouldn't of, there's no way you would've noticed."
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