ROCHESTER, NY (WHAM) – On November 12, Victoria Jobson would have celebrated her 63rd birthday.

Instead, her children sat in a Monroe County, New York, courtroom facing one of two men charged with their mother’s murder.

“I can’t,” Kurtis Jobson said when asked to describe his mother. “I can’t do that outside of other people’s stories, images, or memories.”

“It was stolen. He was just a little guy,” Keisha Washington, Victoria Jobson’s daughter, said of her brother. “He was only 5 years old when mom was murdered.”

Victoria Jobson, a mother of two children in her thirties at the time, was reported missing in October 1992 by her family.

Her body was found weeks later, on December 7, in a vacant field on Rutter Street.

Nearly 32 years later, Arthur Jason Jr., 59, and a second unidentified suspect were charged with the murder of Victoria Jobson.

“We just need to understand exactly how they came into contact with Mr. Jason,” defense attorney Michael Schiano said. “Obviously, they talked to him in 2006 and 2009, and again, they didn’t arrest him then, and now, 20-odd years later, they’ve arrested him.”

Schiano is the attorney assigned to represent Jason.

“As a first step, we want to look at all the evidence and see exactly how they came to the conclusion to arrest Mr. Jason,” Schiano added.

As for the second suspect, the unidentified man is still in custody in Canada. Authorities are working to bring him back to Rochester.

In the meantime, Victoria Jobson’s children have a heartfelt message for their mother.

“It’s no coincidence that we’re at the courthouse on his birthday,” Washington said. “Happy birthday, mom. We are fine.

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