Family of Isaac Goodlow III coping 1 year after he was shot and killed by police inside Carol Stream apartment
CAROL STREAM, Ill. (CBS) — The family of a man who was shot and killed by officers inside his Carol Stream apartment last year is still fighting for answers.
One year ago, on Feb. 3, Carol Stream police shot and killed 30-year-old Isaac Goodlow in his apartment.
Six officers responded to a call of domestic violence, and now, through their grief, Goodlow's family is still fighting for the officer who killed Goodlow and the others who responded to be held accountable.
"I think about him every day, every night, and it doesn't seem like it's been a year, but I know it's a year, February 3."
Bonnie Pigram wears her son's ashes around her neck in a heart-shaped locket to keep her son close.
"The pain is unbearable. It's hard for me to deal with. I deal with it every day, and I asked god to strengthen me every day," she said.
Last year, time froze for Goodlow's family.
"I feel like his soul is still here," said Kennetha Barnes, sister.
She, along with the rest of the family, is still waiting for a resolution.
"I know he wants justice. I believe that's what he wants, is justice," she said. "We all know that there's no criminal charges, but possibly who knows in the near future what could happen."
Goodlow was shot and killed by a Carol Stream police officer—one of six responding to a domestic violence call last year. Body camera footage shows officers enter Goodlow's bedroom before he was struck and killed.
Carol Stream police have said Goodlow took an aggressive step towards them when they entered and claimed they couldn't see what, if anything, was in his hands. The officer who shot him, Danny Pfingston, no longer works for the department. The village never explained why.
Dupage County State's Attorney, Robert Berlin, chose not to charge any of the officers.
"Being in a position with an ongoing case and everything, and still trying to grieve, is you know it's it doesn't come together," Barnes said.
The family maintains that Goodlow was unarmed, in bed at the time of the shooting, and that the woman who called 911 was outside the apartment and not seriously hurt when police arrived.
They moved out of the apartment complex where he was killed. The pain of living there without him was too great.
"I would be looking out the door at the old place, thinking I would see him, and no, I'm not going to see him, or hoping he would knock on my door and say,' Hey, mom, let me in,'" Pigram said.
In their new home, they feel closer to him. Even giving Goodlow a room.
"I just feel like, I just feel like I'm just having all these pictures around. Just feels like he's here with us," Barnes said.
"I come in this room a lot, and I talked to him. I sit on the couch, and I talk to him. Let him know how much I miss him," Pigram said.
It's a place where they can think about his life rather than his death.
"He always gave me courage to just keep going on any goals. That extra motivation to just continue to fight for justice," said Michael Pigram, brother.
Carol Stream said they continue to extend their condolences but could not comment on the pending federal case.