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    Daughter offers touching tribute to fallen Officer Eduardo Marmolejo: 'It's my turn to cover your shift'

    by Jeremy Gorner and Anna Spoerre, Chicago Tribune Dec 23, 2018 5 minutes

    CHICAGO_He was hailed as a hero and a light for the city of Chicago, but the most touching tribute during Saturday's funeral for fallen police Officer Eduardo Marmolejo came from his oldest daughter.

    "Hi, Dad, I miss you so much," Rebeca Marmolejo said through tears at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, where a day earlier services were held for Marmolejo's partner, Officer Conrad Gary. The two were struck and killed by a train while pursuing a suspect on Dec. 17 in an area on the Far South Side.

    "I have so much to say and now there's no time," Rebeca, 15, said. "Not to hug or ever see you again breaks my heart into a million pieces. You always had faith in me and that kept me going.

    "Now that you have clocked out, it's my turn to cover your shift," she continued, struggling to

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