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The mournful cries of Julieta Riofrir were the only sounds that broke the silence during a graveside service Saturday in Glendale for her son, Julius, the 17-year-old athlete who died after being struck in the head with a baseball.
The burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park concluded Southern California's latest prep sports tragedy. Julius was critically injured by a baseball that ricocheted off the side of a batting cage and struck him in the head during a pregame warmup for his American Legion...