Edward Corbett was of the giving kind. His family remembers he would give homeless people a dollar and a few cigarettes.

He also was a shoo-in for buying ice cream for his nephews and nieces "He was compassionate," Mike Eaton, Fontaine's stepfather, told The Providence Journal. "People on the street you would shun or ignore, Eddie would go right up to them and talk to them."

Corbett, 31, and his brother, Shawn, were self-employed plasterers for Classic Interiors of Narragansett. They plastered several mansions in Newport and were perfectionists about their work.

"Ed hated people who didn't do things professionally, who didn't care," Shawn Corbett said, "because he cared."

Edward Corbett lived in West Warwick. He loved to surf, skateboard and hang out at Narragansett Beach.

He always wore a baseball cap, his family said, even to his brother's wedding.