GERMANTOWN - Even though it has been a decade since Theresa Wesolowski was killed, the pain hasn’t lessened for her family.

"I think every year it gets a little bit harder, because whoever has done this is running free and that’s not fair," said Theresa’s mom, Renee Wesolowski.

A group of more than 25 of the Wesolowski’s family and friends gathered in the parking lot of the Smurfit-Stone corrugated containers plant on River Lane for a candlelight memorial Thursday evening to remember Theresa. She was found stabbed to death near her parked car on May 28, 1999, after she left her second-shift job at the plant.

The 1995 graduate of Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School in the town of Jackson was just 22.

"At this point in time of the year, it’s never easy," said Tim Wesolow-ski, Theresa’s older brother. "We try and keep close and do the best we can."

As a tribute to the person he had known growing up, long-time friend Adam Ballman sports a tattoo on his left arm that features a tiger with wings and an inscription that reads, "77 - 99, In Loving Memory of TLW."

"She’s never going to be forgotten," he said. "Whoever did it, there day is coming. Slowly but surely, it will be here."

Renee stood by her husband, Frank, and read a poem called "I Am Always With You" and featured a line that said, "Don’t despair because I am there ... just a memory away."

Since her daughter’s death, that’s all that Renee and Frank have been able to clutch onto - memories. Renee has repeatedly called Detective Mike Yogerst of the Germantown Police Dept. to find out who killed her daughter.

A $10,000 reward - from Smurfit-Stone and the Wesolowski family - is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for Theresa’s death. Ten years later, the Wesolowskis are still waiting for answers.

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