I am sorry for your loss.
A few things I might suggest in an effort to help.
The pistol is marked as a .25?
If the pistol is a .25 , a .22, be it a .22 long rifle or a .22 short (the other Colt chambering, not the .22Long rifle)
will slide into and partly down the barrel.
The slide on the Colt was marked as to caliber.
They were made in two different calibers and the 'modification' to the .22 short required a
different slide and barrel.
I can not know the level of your competency around firearms
and sincerely wish I could be there to help.
If you feel comfortable.
Look at the safety that is located on the left side of the pistol just ahead of the grips.
It should have a projection, or lug, on the forward bottom edge.
If you are able, pull the slide all the way to the rear and then swivel the safety forward and up,
so that the lug on it goes into the corresponding notch in the forward part of the slide.
That will lock the slide open.
You could then get a section of the cleaning rod from that cleaning box
and, with the pistol pointed away from you in a safe direction,
put the rod section down the barrel and attempt to push out the obstruction.
If there is a .22 in the .25 barrel, you may have to push with a little force as the
shell could be slightly wedged, but the rod should clear the problem.
If you are able to absolutely clear the barrel, you can then completely unload the magazine.
Then, while pulling the slide to the rear, rotate the safety back down to a vertical position
and lower the slide.
Put the empty magazine back into the pistol.
You should then be able to lower the hammer.
The pistol has a magazine safety that does not let it fire without a magazine in place.
Long read, I know.
Hope this helps.
You take care now, JT
