Bacilio Alcauter

Bacilio Alcauter, 36, was known in his neighborhood as a familiar face behind the counter at La Michoacana Market on Cleveland Avenue in Columbus. The public record and contemporary news accounts identify him as a hardworking man who spent his days serving customers at a small, neighborhood market — a role that made him part of the daily rhythms of his community.

Contemporary reports note that Bacilio was a father; a 15-year-old daughter was present with him at the market the night he was killed and was critically injured. That detail underscores that Bacilio’s life was rooted in family and the ordinary responsibilities of parenthood: caring for and supporting his child while working to make a living in the local community. Those simple facts — his work at the market and his role as a father — are the clearest public attestations of the life he led.

Beyond those verified facts, public records about Bacilio are limited. No family-published obituary or funeral-home notice matching his name and exact date of death was located in the available archives consulted for this memorial. What is clear from reliable sources is that Bacilio was known to his neighbors and customers as part of the fabric of that neighborhood’s everyday life: someone who worked a shift behind a counter, greeted regulars, and helped sustain a family.

While the circumstances of his death were recorded in news reports, those events do not define who Bacilio was. He was a person with ties to family and community, whose everyday work at a small market made life possible for those closest to him. This remembrance honors those aspects of his life — his presence, his labor, and his role as a father — and recognizes the loss felt by family and community members who remember him for more than the final moments recorded by the press. If you knew Bacilio, or have memories to share, those personal recollections are the best way to keep his life and the small acts of care he offered to others alive in memory.