WCVB 3/7/13: Murder victim’s dad makes fighting domestic violence his mission. Just hours after Nathaniel Fujita was found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Lauren Astley, her father, Dr. Malcolm Astley, granted his first interview following the verdict. The families have known one another for years; their children grew up together. Dr. Astley recalled that Lauren and Nate shared many experiences with each other’s families. Following the reading of the verdict, Astley embraced Nate’s parents, Beth and Tomo Fujita. Astley said it was a shared moment of empathy and compassion. “I was dealing with my own loss of my daughter, and also Nate,” said Astley. “I wanted to be with them — share the pain that we’ve all experienced in different ways in this tragedy and crime.”   With video.