Jim Walsh, the grandfather of Seth Walsh, says that when the teenager smiled, “he smiled with his whole face. ... He really meant that smile for you.” Seth, 13, hanged himself after being confronted in a Tehachapi park. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Judy Walsh, a retired teacher and the grandmother of Seth Walsh, searches through a drawer for photographs of him. Seth was “a sweet, loving child that I think found this world very hard and cruel,” she said. See full story(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Chains keep picnic tables from being stolen or moved in Tehachapi’s West Park, where Seth Walsh was confronted by a group of teenagers before he went home and hanged himself. See full story(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)