Brother's murder haunts hiker, whose long-distance trek will honor sibling

By AMY HAMILTON Sunday, October 12, 2008 “I have a little song bird and a new hope for better days. He sings me tunes until the forest comes to a clearing. I bid him farewell with a smile and a wave. I have found the path home and now I am safe.” — Kyle Quinn, 19 Dennis Quinn fled to Grand Junction to escape life’s unfairness but found himself back where he started. The 23-year-old recent college graduate from Pennsylvania sought only peace in the wide open West. He needed distance from what may well be the most unfortunate circumstance of his life, when three young men last year randomly targeted and beat to death his best friend, his 19-year-old brother, Kyle. Dennis, an environmental geography major from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, signed on for an internship with Western Colorado Youth Conservation Corps. What he... [read full story]