Kilroy's mother said she received a cross from a Brownsville woman when she was searching for her son in 1989. "It's a reminder every time that I know that the Lord was involved in everything", she said, while she touched and showed the cross around her neck. Helen Kilroy died in 2014 from ALS, aged 70. Sources References Bibliography External links Mark Kilroy Foundation Mark James Kilroy at Find A Grave Mark Kilroy Foundation on Facebook Mark Kilroy Documentary on YouTube 1968 births 1989 deaths 1989 in Mexico American murder victims American people murdered abroad American torture victims Catholics from Texas Crimes involving Satanism or the occult Deaths by person in Mexico Male murder victims March 1989 events in Mexico Matamoros, Tamaulipas 1989 murders in Mexico Murdered American students People from Chicago People from Galveston County, Texas People murdered in Mexico Tarleton State University alumni Texas State University alumni University of Texas at Austin alumni Victims of serial killers Violence against men in North America