By james art 
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A family in Utah received a very desirable justice-or at least a step towards him-earlier this week after a man was arrested in connection with the murder since 2005 of a 33-year-old father.
Jason Roister’s girlfriend found his body in his home, covered with stab wounds. At that time, police called his death murder, although the case remained cold for nearly two decades until DNA’s evidence had led to the lead. 53 -year -old Mark Munoz was arrested earlier this month.
“This arrest is a testament to the dedication and commitment of our detectives, who never give up finding justice for Jason Roetter,” said Salt Lake Rose Rose Rhivera County Sheriff in a news message. “For Mr. Roiter’s family, we hope this development will lead a measure of peace, knowing that we are closer to revealing the truth of this tragic day.”
“I just want to say how much relief is it is,” Stephanie Perushon, Roetter’s sister, told a press conference. “It has been 20 years.”
Grief experts explain that people often feel relief in moments like this -but it’s not necessarily the same thing as getting true justice or closing.
“For families, they often seek justice, and when I work with them, I often tell them that justice is impossible,” says David Kessler, an expert on grief and founder of Grief.com. “Justice would mean that your loved one is coming back, but we have a legal system that can help us find peace.”
What is “ambiguous loss”?
The Roiter family is experiencing what is called “ambiguous loss”. “The ambiguity in Jason Roiter’s death was that his killer was never found and there was no explanation of how or why he died,” says Gina Moff, a licensed clinical social worker and author of Movement, does not mean letting go. “” When we have no sense of closing or understanding about our loss, as if we were in a state of conditional grief. Our nervous system is in a state of survival because without information or processing time there are only questions. “
Everyone needs time to process their losses, according to Moffa, “but when it is sudden or unexpected and especially if it is violent and without justice, we cannot fully grieve or find a way to healing.”
Does grief ever include closing?
Families of deceased relatives can seek closure after someone dies, especially if it is the result of a murder. But this is a complicated word, according to Kessler. “I’m not (a believer) in the closing around the grief,” he says. “I don’t think we’ve ever closed this door.”
People crave security and answers. “Now that there are answers, (Royters) can start the healing process,” Moff says. “Their experience with grief, which was layered by trauma and traumatic effects after their sudden, inexplicable loss, can now find its path to peace and mourning.”
This arrest sends a powerful message. “This does not return their beloved, but it is the feeling that their beloved person has not died in a way that there will never be consequences,” Kessler adds. “The fact that their beloved’s life was important and their death matters and it matters enough that decades later, someone does something about it.”