Melody Kernan sleeps with a framed photo of her late husband, Nicholas, because she’s struggling mightily to move forward without him.”I call him my Sweet Baboo because (of) Charlie Brown,” Melody Kernan said. “I don’t know where to go from here.””No matter where we were was our happy place, as long as it was together. It could be outside in the rain. We didn’t care,” she added. “I know it ended way too soon, but I’m still lucky to have met him and had him for so long.”Police said someone shot and killed Nick Kernan on a Tuesday in late May as the 43-year-old was putting mulch down in Corryville for the company he worked for, Uptown Rental Properties.Police have released images of a man who detectives said could be critical to solving the case.Nick Kernan’s senseless murder sent shockwaves throughout neighborhoods near UC’s campus in Clifton and it’s still turning Melody’s world upside down.Her deep sadness and certain medical conditions have kept her doctor from signing off on a return to work, meaning she’s lost two incomes — her’s and Nick’s — during the past three months.”I’m trying to go back to work as soon as possible,” Melody Kernan said. “I’m trying to get my life back to normal. Whatever normal is going to be now.”As for her husband’s killer?”I forgive the guy,” she said. “I do. Because what good is anger?”Melody said anger would only get in the way of the amazing memories she has of her true love.”We even had our nursing homes picked out together. After 18 years, my heart would still beat faster every minute it got closer to the time to see him,” she said. “You don’t find that every day.”Melody Kernan’s daughter, Katie, is getting married in November. She said Nick picked out the wedding venue and was looking forward to walking Katie down the aisle. Sadly, his unsolved murder means that won’t be happening.
Melody Kernan sleeps with a framed photo of her late husband, Nicholas, because she’s struggling mightily to move forward without him.
“I call him my Sweet Baboo because (of) Charlie Brown,” Melody Kernan said. “I don’t know where to go from here.”
“No matter where we were was our happy place, as long as it was together. It could be outside in the rain. We didn’t care,” she added. “I know it ended way too soon, but I’m still lucky to have met him and had him for so long.”
Police said someone shot and killed Nick Kernan on a Tuesday in late May as the 43-year-old was putting mulch down in Corryville for the company he worked for, Uptown Rental Properties.
Police have released images of a man who detectives said could be critical to solving the case.
Nick Kernan’s senseless murder sent shockwaves throughout neighborhoods near UC’s campus in Clifton and it’s still turning Melody’s world upside down.
Her deep sadness and certain medical conditions have kept her doctor from signing off on a return to work, meaning she’s lost two incomes — her’s and Nick’s — during the past three months.
“I’m trying to go back to work as soon as possible,” Melody Kernan said. “I’m trying to get my life back to normal. Whatever normal is going to be now.”
As for her husband’s killer?
“I forgive the guy,” she said. “I do. Because what good is anger?”
Melody said anger would only get in the way of the amazing memories she has of her true love.
“We even had our nursing homes picked out together. After 18 years, my heart would still beat faster every minute it got closer to the time to see him,” she said. “You don’t find that every day.”
Melody Kernan’s daughter, Katie, is getting married in November. She said Nick picked out the wedding venue and was looking forward to walking Katie down the aisle. Sadly, his unsolved murder means that won’t be happening.
