March 7, 2022 | By Daysia Borden This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and a University of North Florida Journalism class. Bobby Pillay would spend many days buying meals at the local fast food spots and handing them out to homeless people. “He was focused on putting a smile on people’s faces. He was not worried about the money,” his sister Ashlyn Pillay said. While Bobby had his own car, he hated using his own gas. Instead, he would take his sister’s car. It annoyed Ashlyn so much. It was once a pet peeve for Ashlyn. Now it is a treasured memory. She wishes Bobby would take her car to McDonald’s and feed those in need one last time. That stopped in 1999 in Hawthorne, California, when Ashish “Bobby” Pillay had his life taken from him. “He took my car the day before he died. He told me that I would miss him taking my car, as if he knew,” Ashlyn recalls.... Read More