The mother of a man fatally stabbed in Oceanside last year is demanding justice for her son.
Joseph A. Prince, 32, was killed on Nov. 19 in the 100 block of Wisconsin Avenue in Oceanside as he was riding his bike.
As he was stopped to talk with a friend, a stranger approached him, stabbing him once in the chest, police said.
Prince, who died at the scene, left behind two children.
His mother, Penny Prince, spoke to NBC 7 on Wednesday saying her son's death is even harder now with the holidays coming up.
"It's always going to be when we lost him," she said. "Thanksgiving will never be the same to me. I got to make it the best I can and for his kids."
She says the family has getting help and counseling with trauma counselors but it's been an "emotional rollercoaster" for them.
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"It was heinous--in middle of the day," she said, speaking of when Prince was killed.
"I'm trying to have peace in my heart because I'm a christian but I'm angry," she added. "So, I don't know if it was by mistake. I don't know the reasons which don't matter. I don't know what I would say to him right now. I just want justice."
Penny said her son was her world.
"I'm just pleading. I want to plead. I know people know something," she told NBC 7. "If I had more money I'd offer it. I just want justice, I need to heal and I know it'll be a long road after that."
The suspect is described as white or Hispanic, between 30 to 40 years old, between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds and having brown hair. He was last seen wearing a red baseball cap, a short-sleeved T-shirt and blue jeans.
Prince’s family is offering a $2,000 reward in addition to Crime Stoppers’ $1,000 award.
Anyone with information should call the Oceanside Police Department at 760-435-4428 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 888-580-8477.
