Family of murdered Fort Myers woman awaiting answers from investigators

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, (WINK) — Every nail in a tree on Hough Street once held a sign, and every staple holds a memory of Julia Curvo.

The 28-year-old woman was found dead between the trees on a vacant lot in January. Her family is working to make sure her name doesn't leave this spot without justice.

Sandra Stephens, Curvo's grandmother, has rebuilt the memorial after it was cut down.

"Until that person is in jail and convicted of killing her, I'm going to keep putting this up no matter how many times it gets taken down," Stephens said.

The memorial has been passed by, freshened with flowers and cut down. Now it stands again on the lot where Curvo's body was discovered.

"To know that she laid here all that time and I was searching right down the street and didn't know it," Stephens said.

The family says there is still so much they don't know. Stephens says Fort Myers police detectives may share those answers soon.

"They've done everything that they possibly can do to figure out what happened and who did this," Stephens said. "They've told us that here in the next couple of weeks, they'll be able to sit down with us and tell us what happened."

Until then, Stephens will wait, tend to the memorial and do what she can to keep her granddaughter's memory alive.

"She was my first granddaughter and for a long time, my only granddaughter," Stephens said.

No matter the time, Stephens says her granddaughter is always with her.

"I like being able to look down and be able to see your face," Stephens said. "On the back of this one, it says, 'Julia, forever, beautiful.' So it's, I just like being able to see her."