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The grieving mother stormed out of a Manhattan courtroom one day in February during closing arguments in the three-week murder trial of the men accused of killing her son and another young man. In the restroom down the hall, she fell to her knees, praying for her son, the jurors and the three men on trial in the killings.

As she prayed, another mother entered — the mother of one of the defendants, Jacob Barroso. The trio worked together to drug and rob Umberger, Ramirez and three others — who survived — after having met them outside popular city gay bars and nightclubs, according to prosecutors.

The defendants drugged the victims to the point of unconsciousness — using a concoction that included fentanyl — before they used their lifeless faces to unlock their cellphones through facial recognition technology. All three had maintained their innocence. The last time Clary saw her son was three years ago, when she went to collect his body.

Umberger, a former political consultant, moved to New York several weeks before his death for his job at a nonprofit. Although he was relatively new to the city, he quickly developed a list of favorite restaurants he shared with his mom, including Minetta Tavern, the Waverly Inn and Lil' Frankies.

The restaurant is located across the street from the Upper East Side townhouse where Umberger lived — and where he tragically died. And in some ways, ironically with what happened, even though he is not physically here, he took on New York City and he won. The footage showed Umberger leaving The Q NYC alone in a car and then returning several minutes later for unknown reasons.

Mother of murdered son in gay bar slayings finds long-awaited peace in sentencing

He was then seen departing the front of the bar with the men later found guilty of his murder, Hamilton and DeMaio. He seemed quite happy to go off with his new friends. If you needed money, he would have given it to you. Clary returned home to North Carolina later this week. But for now, she will be spending time with her three other adult children, enjoying her new grandchildren and taking care of her year-old father, she said.

After three years traveling back and forth to New York, pressing local officials and advocating for her son in the media, Clary also plans to rest. This article was originally published on NBCNews. Sign out. Return to Homepage. Linda Clary poses for a portrait in her home in Highlands, N.

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