Article: SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS: Slayings five years ago at a Littleton bowling alley leave three families hurting, police puzzled.(News)

Byline: Marilyn Robinson, Special to the News

J.D. and Devin Springer were still in diapers when a killer robbed them of their father in a burst of gunfire at a Littleton bowling alley.

Five years later, their mom - a 25-year-old widow - is determined to keep her husband's memory alive.

Each winter, on the anniversary of the slaying, Jenni Springer sits down with the boys, now 6 1/2 and 5, and their crayons. She has them draw pictures, which she sends to Jim Springer's family in Utah to post on his grave.

"The boys know - they've always known what happened," Jenni Springer said. "I've never hidden anything from them."

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