escape and freed herself, and she was almost downstairs and he came back in the house and there she was tortured. he finally decided to cut her wrist off so she couldn't fight him anymore, and she was sexually assaulted numerous times and then she was stabbed 17 times. the man who killed her is serving a life sentence without parole. we're not supposed to bury our babies. the day i saw her in her casket, her body was cold. she didn't have a smile on her face, and i told her over and over how much i loved her. because the day she was born i told her i would always protect her. and guess what? i lied. i lied. i felt like it was my fault. i stayed in bed for two months. my other daughter didn't have a mom anymore. i had to get up out of my bed, and i didn't want to.