One year after Sgt. David Cajuso’s death, his widow seeks answers and hosts weekly Bible studies

One year after Miami Beach Police Sergeant David Cajuso was killed in a motorcycle crash in northwest Miami-Dade on Oct. 28, 2025, his widow, Eileen Cajuso, is speaking publicly about raising their three young children without him, the questions that remain about his death, and how she is trying to turn her family’s grief into hope for others.

“There’s no guidebook for navigating what I’m navigating in my life,” Eileen said. For her, that means taking each day as it comes, with no instructions and many questions. “I want to know what happened that day, and I don’t know,” she said.

Sergeant Cajuso had served 10 years with the Miami Beach Police Department. He is survived by his parents, his only son, and by Eileen, his partner of seven years and the father of their three children. The youngest was one year old when he died. “Life is different for them, and kids, they really do see and recognize a lot more than we think that they do,” Eileen said.

Eileen has had to answer the children’s hardest questions, step away from a career she loved, and adjust to life as a mother of three without her husband. She says the family’s faith has sustained them. “Dave served in the church, and our kids go to church every week, before and after, during, and I do rely a lot on God’s promises,” she said. In an interview with NBC6, she described her effort to focus on what is good and admirable and to keep seeking life. “There is still life to be lived,” she said.

Sergeant Cajuso is also missed in ordinary moments, including milestones such as his oldest child’s pre-K graduation and his youngest child’s first words. Eileen finds comfort in seeing pieces of him in the children. “They carry a lot of pieces of Dave in their heart and their personalities,” she said.

Eileen has also described the support her family has received from the South Florida community, especially from fellow officers in the Miami Beach Police Department. She said they have helped with holiday decorating and with taking the children to swim lessons, and that they stay in daily contact. “They’ve been there for my kids, for his parents and sisters,” she said. Her home now hosts weekly Bible studies for people seeking faith, encouragement, and community, a practice she links to that support. “A home that experienced so much heartbreak and devastation is now a home where people come to find hope and comfort,” she said (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).

Eileen has also begun sharing her family’s experience on social media, describing the grief, faith, and resilience that have shaped their lives since her husband’s death. “People should know that you don’t have to be in the dark by yourself,” she said.

As family and friends gathered to remember Sergeant Cajuso on the first anniversary of his death, Eileen continued to seek answers about the crash. She has hired an attorney to look into what happened and hopes anyone who witnessed the crash or has photographs from that day will come forward with information.

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