Melissa Marshall said:
First I would like to say thank you to all the prayers and consolences that I have read on this board. There are alot of people in this world that the story of little Kaylee has touched.
Second I would like to comment on the remarks about my cousin Marigrace. Yes she was a young mother but being young does not in any way mean that the best possible thing for you to do is give up your child. Marigrace was a great mother. She took care of that baby from day one because the father was not around enough to help her. She had the help of her great mother who watched Kaylee daily so Marigrace could provide for her child. Marigrace lost her job and insurance and was in process of getting back on her feet when this tragedy occured. Michael was the charmer. Never showed anyone in the family his evil side. True that Marigrace should not have had him around little Kaylee but like others have said what should she do wait until Kaylee was older to be able to date someone? Like some of you have questioned why was he in her home with Kaylee. They were at his home, visiting, she did not live there. So she was not one of "Those" mothers mentioned that just let anyone around her baby! Kaylee was strangeled and raped. Her cries were muffled until the end of the ordeal and that is when Marigrace heard little Kaylee. Yes she was doing laundry and no she did not think that a monster was upstairs hurting her baby. Honestly the harsh words about Marigrace are appauling. She has lost her child and has been cleared of ANY wrong doing. There is NO effidence that Kaylee was molested prior to July 20th. As far as the phone calls being accepted. There was one and she wanted to tell the SOB what he has done to her life and all he could do was tell her he was going to get her and make her pay. I think she has paid the ultimate price. Her beautiful little girl is gone. NO MOTHER DESERVES THIS!! Reguardless of her upbringing or her age of having a child. The little *advertiser censored* who hurt Kaylee is on suicide watch and I can't wait for him to be off. Because then they will put him in the public prison area and all the men will do to him what he did to little Kaylee. I do not want him to commit suicide because then he got off easy. Let's pray he does not take his own life. He is already going to hell. The men in prison can show that to him before the law puts him there! God bless you Kaylee girl. You are always in our hearts.
Melissa M. Thank you for posting. No one here means to hurt your cousin. You have an advantage over us in that you know your cousin and we do not. And unfortunately we read too much about what too many other parents have done to/allowed to be done to their child. So when a tragic event occurs- sometimes hurtful questions and comments arise. Thank you for your defense of your cousin.
I live in the general area, and never did I hear one bad word about Marrigrace. Nothing except how loving and caring a mother she was. And how supportive her family is being. Marrigrace didn't do anything wrong. The f'ing astard who hurt little Kaylee did!
Please express my sympathies to Marrigrace. She is so young, and to lose a child is something that no parent of any age should have to endur. I don't blame her for taking his first call. I probably would have too! He had a lot of nerve to call her in the first place. But at least it gave her the chance to tell him how she felt!
Marrigrace has a lot to go through in the next year. Not only is she coping with the grief, she will also have to get through the trial. I am glad she has such a caring and supportive family. That will be a big help, to have people to cry with her, and vent with her. She will be having a lot of bewildering emotions for the next few months and will often feel that she cannot cope with anymore. It will be very difficult, and she will be a changed person, but she can cope with it, with help. There are a couple of support groups in the Cincy area where there are other people who have gone through some similiar things. I was helped by one of them briefly, and can attest to how helpful they were in helping me to understand my feelings and in understanding that there is hope for the future, even though it didn't feel that way at the time. The big thing they helped me to understand is that people grieve in different ways, and that they can be guided, but have to find their own ways to live with the tragedy.
I would be glad to give you the names and help you to find the phone numbers, just PM me. (click on my nicname at the top of this post and choose send a private message).
Again, please offer not only Marrigrace but your whole family my condolences.
You will live though this, you will never forget this, you will always remember Kaylee, but it will be hard.
