Springfield vigil in memory of slain mental health case worker Stephanie Moulton will call for state action

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SPRINGFIELD – Human service workers, city officials and others will gather Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., at the City Hall plaza at Court Square for a vigil in memory of Stephanie Moulton of Peabody, a case worker who was slain in Revere in January 2011, allegedly by a mental health client.

Candlelight vigils are being conducted in Springfield, Peabody and New Bedford.

Those who are gathering at the vigils will rally to demand that the state take immediate action to protect them and to improve the quality of mental health services, organizers said in a prepared release. City Council President James J. Ferrera III and state Rep. Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, D-Springfield, are among the expected participants.

The Service Employees International Union Local 509, the Human Service Workers Union, helped organize the vigils.

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