Christopher Goffard: graciously shaded neighborhoods where they see him still. As a toddler, throwing bread to the ducks. As a sixth-grader, on a razor scooter. As a lanky teenager with a cocky sideways smile.
Fred Santos, the father, steers his Toyota Prius into Oakmont Memorial Park in the Bay Area suburb of Lafayette and follows the road to the summit. He parks amid the pines and oaks. He carries sunflowers as he and his wife, Kathy, walk to the spot.
LUIS FELIPE WATSON DOS SANTOS
June 27, 1986 — October 4, 2008
Mr. Personality
Family first and lots of friends
At 57, the father is a slightly built, unassuming man with thinning black hair and the hard-to-place accent of his native Macau,…
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