A Brampton mother couldn't contain her grief at the funeral of murdered her teenage son.

Fellow mourners supported a sobbing Sunita Dharamdial as she followed her son's casket out of an Albion Road funeral home.

"Ravi!" she called out repeatedly, and gestured towards his casket with her hands.

Other relatives of 14-year-old Ravi Rajiv Dharamdial called on the parents of the young suspects to turn their children in.

"I'm asking the parents that have their kids in hiding, it could have been your son that was killed. Turn your kids in," said Shanita Agam, Ravi's aunt.

Anthony Agam, Ravi's cousin, said the killing has caused his family a great deal of pain and suffering.

The crime occurred one week ago.

Ravi, a Grade 9 student, had been walking home with two friends. As he parted ways with them, those youths said they noticed two other youths start to follow Rajiv.

Peel region's 24th homicide victim of 2008 ended up calling 911 on his cellphone to tell an operator he had been stabbed. Paramedics couldn't save him as he died in a grassy field.

On Friday, the same day that the Dharamdial family held a vigil, Peel police urged the suspects to turn themselves in.

"Carefully consider (your) options today," Insp. Ed English told a news conference. "Contact a lawyer. Surrender yourself to officers. We're not going away until you are brought to justice."

The following descriptions have been issued:

  • Male, black, approximately 14 to 16 years of age, 5'1" to 5'3" tall, with a dark complexion and a slim build. His hair is black and is styled in short corn rows.
  • Male, black, approximately 14 to 16 years of age, taller than suspect #1. He was wearing a brown "hoodie", dark jeans, a brown baseball hat with a gold sticker, possibly "New Era 5950" brand, and Air Jordan or Air Force Nike running shoes.

No motive for the crime has surfaced yet.

Family members say Ravi's wallet wasn't touched, nor were any of his belongings stolen, suggesting robbery wasn't the motive.

By all accounts, the victim was a normal young man, a good son and a well-liked friend.

With a report from CTV Toronto's Jim Junkin