The mother of the boy who murdered Brianna Ghey has revealed her son ‘seemed his normal self’ on the night the trans schoolgirl was killed.On February 11, Ms Ghey was was horrifically stabbed 28 times by two 15-year-olds who had become obsessed with serial killers and violence – Scarlett Jenkinson, who she considered a friend, and another teenager, Eddie Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe’s mother Alice Hemmings said in a statement made the day after his arrest that her son claimed to have ‘chased Pokemon’ and purchased a ‘baguette’ on the night of the brutal murder.The hearing heard how she unwittingly rang her son less than an hour after he and Jenkinson murdered Brianna where he ‘sounded happy’. She also described her son ‘a sensitive character’ and ‘a very caring person’ with ‘good morals’ but was ‘socially awkward’, in a statement read by the coroner. Brianna Grey was stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife in Cheshire on February 11 last year Brianna Ghey’s mother, Esther, pictured with her daughter, her mental health began to suffer from the age of 14 Eddie Ratcliffe (above) was jailed for at least 20 years for his role in the murder of Brianna Ghey Scarlett Jenkinson must serve a minimum of 22 years before parole for her role in the murderIn her first statement – made on February 13 last year, two days after Brianna’s murder – Ms Hemmings described Ratcliffe as ‘very academic’ and ‘well-behaved’ in his lessons in Year 11 at Culcheth High School. Ratcliffe had thrived at school and wanted to study microbiology at university, according to his mother, who said he had been invited to consider a future Oxbridge application based on his predicted GCSE grades.He also enjoyed playing on his PlayStation or catching Pokemon on his mobile phone – an activity he claimed to have been doing on the night of the murder, according to Ms Hemmings.She described her son as ‘a sensitive character, quite private and uncomfortable in social situations’, in a statement read by the coroner.‘He’s a very caring person. He finds it difficult to show his emotions.’On February 11 last year, the day of Brianna’s murder, Ratcliffe asked his mother to drop him off at Sainsbury’s in Culcheth at 12.30pm, she said.Ms Hemmings said he ‘didn’t appear any different’ to normal and said he and his unnamed friend would ‘probably walk about’.In reality, the trial heard, Ratcliffe met up with Jenkinson before meeting Brianna on the bus from Warrington at 1.53pm.Passers-by saw Brianna walking towards Culcheth Linear Park with Jenkinson and Ratcliffe – who she had never met before.The teenage killers were next filmed at 3.15pm after they half-ran, half-walked across a field, leaving Brianna bleeding to death.Soon after, horrified dog walker Kathryn Vize raised the alarm after finding Brianna’s body, with the first police officer at the scene making a futile effort at CPR from 3.25pm.Ms Hemmings said she went to the gym that afternoon and then called Eddie at about 4pm to ask if he needed collecting, but ‘he wanted to stay out’ remarking how ‘he sounded happy’. Peter Spooner, the father of murdered 16-year-old Brianna Ghey, arrives with his partner at the Coroner’s Court in Warrington for the inquest of his daughter Daisy Birkin, 17, (pictured) a friend of Brianna Ghey who read out a statement at Warrington Coroners Court Ms Hemmings had to go to work, but when she returned home to Leigh at 8.30pm Eddie was there having caught a bus.‘I asked if he’d had a good time,’ she said. ‘He said “Yes.”‘He had chased Pokemon and bought a ham and cheese baguette,’ she added: ‘He appeared his normal self.’Ratcliffe had changed out of the black jogging bottoms he had been wearing into shorts, and spent the rest of the evening watching television with his mother, who noted that he was spending a lot of time on his phone.She said the following afternoon, after learning about Brianna’s brutal murder which had shocked the community, she asked Eddie if he knew her or had been to the park the previous day.‘He said “No”.’Ms Hemmings – who has two other children – said she was ‘concerned’ for her children’s safety as a result of the killing.That evening, while they were cooking, she said police ‘stormed into our house’ and arrested Eddie, taking him outside in handcuffs.Ms Hemmings was aware Eddie owned a knife and crossbow which had been bought on holiday in Bulgaria, the hearing heard.In a second statement dated March 3 last year which was also read to the hearing by the coroner, Ms Hemmings said Eddie understood ‘right and wrong’ and ‘good and bad’.While he had ‘autistic traits’, was ‘highly intelligent’ and liked to follow routines, he had never been tested or diagnosed with any condition.’The mother also divulged that Ratcliffe’s  friendship with Scartett Jenkinson began in Year 7 with her son claiming Jenkinson ‘got on better with boys than girls’.  The sixteen-year-old schoolgirl was murdered in a frenzied attack on February 11, 2023, having been lured to a park in Culcheth, a village on the edge of Warrington, Cheshire Jenkinson (pictured) lured Brianna – who was a star on TikTok for her hair and make-up videos, but in real life rarely went out alone – to leave her Warrington home and catch a bus to her nearby home village of Culcheth After the pair led her to a local park, Brianna was hacked to death in a ‘frenzied’ attack using a hunting knife owned by Radcliffe (pictured) suffering 28 separate wounds.Jenkinson invited him trick or treating and later her mother took them on an outing to Blackpool Pleasure Beach.In Year 8, he would tell her Jenkinson was ‘depressed’ and she got the impression he ‘wasn’t comfortable on his own with her’ and preferred to have another friend there too.Later he told his mother that Jenkinson had an eating disorder and was bipolar, and that she had been expelled ‘for bringing drugs into school’ and subsequently grounded ‘for months’.The inquest heard Jenkinson was not in fact expelled but underwent a ‘managed transfer’.In her statement, Ms Hemmings said she ‘felt sorry’ for Jenkinson at this time.‘She never looked happy when I saw her,’ she said: ‘I was happy Eddie was being a good friend, trying to cheer her up.’She said Eddie told her Jenkinson claimed she had got engaged to her boyfriend. It comes as Brianna Ghey’s grieving mother revealed how the teen went from being an ‘energetic bundle of joy’ to being ‘immersed in darkness’ in her final months.In a statement read out at the tragic teenager’s inquest, Esther Ghey recalled her ‘endless energy’ while at primary school, where she was ‘mischievous, funny and outgoing’.But from the age of 14 her mental health began to suffer and at one stage she would go without washing or brushing her teeth for weeks on end.Brianna – at that stage still living under her male birth identity – was referred to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) but was ‘declined treatment’, she said.Ms Ghey was ‘disappointed’ and felt her wishes as a mother had been ‘disregarded’.Aged 15, Brianna was diagnosed with ADHD and began suffering from an eating disorder, at one stage being hospitalised due to her weight loss.She also began self-harming, wearing long sleeves to cover the wounds.’It was a constant worry , always on edge about what Brianna would do next,’ she said. Peter Spooner struck a sombre figure as he clutched at the hand of his partner, dressed in a dark grey knit sweater and black trousersIn 2020 she began dressing as a female and chose the name Brianna – after being dissuaded over her first choice, Britney, by her mother and older sister, Alicia.Brianna wanted to take hormone medication, but Ms Ghey said she was ‘worried about the long-term implications of puberty blockers’.However after Brianna threatened to kill herself otherwise she reluctantly relented and they obtained them via a private provider in February 2022.During lockdown, Brianna’s mental health deteriorated further and she spent most of her time on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Snapchat, her mother said.She ‘resented’ going back to lessons when schools reopened and felt unable to attend mainstream lessons due to ‘anxiety’.As a result she began attending a special education unit at Birchwood Community High School.Ms Ghey said she was ‘relieved and thankful’ when Brianna met Scarlett Jenkinson at the unit as she struggled to make friends except online.Although she never met Jenkinson she knew they would go to the supermarket after school.Describing Brianna’s final months as ‘a dark time for everyone’, Ms Ghey said: ‘When Brianna was little she was such an energetic bundle of joy.’In her later teenage years she was immersed in darkness.’It sometimes feels like I’m grieving two different people.’Senior coroner Jacqueline Devonish told the court that Brianna’s mother Esther Ghey had informed her she ‘felt unable to attend’ the inquest.Ms Devonish said that as well as examining the circumstances of Brianna’s death, the hearing would examine issues ‘which could prevent future deaths’, including potential ‘missed opportunities’.  Mr Spooner arrives at Cheshire Coroner’s Court ahead of his daughter’s inquest A photograph of the murder weapon issued by Cheshire Police during the trial last DecemberAmong questions it will address are how Brianna’s eating disorder and gender transition were handled by agencies including health services.It will also look at risk assessments made ahead of Jenkinson’s transfer to Birchwood Community High School, including whether it could have been ‘reasonably foreseen’ that Brianna would be ‘placed at risk’ as a result.The inquest was also read a statement from Amelia Loureiro, who became Brianna’s best friend after they bonded over social media about their shared experience of being transgender, although they never met in person.Brianna was sending her messages as she prepared to meet Jenkinson on the day of her murder – lured to Culcheth Linear Park on the false pretext of taking cocaine together.In her statement Ms Loureiro said Jenkinson was a ‘bad influence’ on Brianna, who had told her she only maintained their friendship in order to access drugs.She said in January 2023, Jenkinson gave Brianna ketamine ‘without telling her’, causing her to be ‘sick everywhere’.On another occasion that month, Jenkinson gave Brianna tablets which she said were MDMA, and she took ‘about 20’, feeling ‘really sick’ afterwards.Ms Loureiro said she and Brianna discussed whether Jenkinson was ‘trying to poison her’ and also alleged that she had sexually assaulted her.A statement was read from Brianna’s GP, Dr Kiki Lam, who said that in 2021 the teenager was reported to have been threatening self-harm or suicide.But it was recorded that her mother regarded it as ‘attention-seeking’, she added.In 2022 Brianna was referred to clinics for eating disorders and gender identity.Brianna’s father Peter Spooner struck a sombre figure as he clutched at the hand of his partner outside the Coroner’s Court in Warrington, dressed in a dark grey knit sweater and black trousers. Brianna was horrifically stabbed 28 times by two 15-year-olds who had become obsessed with serial killers and violence Police officers at Culcheth Linear Park in Cheshire as they investigate on February 13, 2023 Brianna’s mother, Esther Ghey, who has earned praise for her campaign to improve the mental health of young people and protect them from the dangers of the online world, is not expected to attendThe sixteen-year-old schoolgirl was murdered in a frenzied attack on February 11, 2023, having been lured to a park in Culcheth, a village on the edge of Warrington, Cheshire.There she was horrifically stabbed 28 times by two 15-year-olds who had become obsessed with serial killers and violence – Scarlett Jenkinson, who she considered a friend, and another teenager, Eddie Ratcliffe. Follow every detail of the case on The Mail’s acclaimed podcast The Trial  The Trial…takes listeners behind the headlines and into the courtrooms of some of the biggest trials in the world.The first series ‘The Trial of Lucy Letby’ was a global hit, with more than 13 million downloads, while season two focused on the murder of Ashling Murphy, a 23-year-old teacher from Ireland.Its third season follows the tragic case of Brianna Ghey, a 16-year-old transgender girl killed in Warrington, England.Follow the evidence as the jury hears it, in twice-weekly reports from The NEWSWALLA’s Northern Correspondent Liz Hull and broadcast journalist Caroline Cheetham. The pair’s trial last December left the nation struggling to comprehend how two children from supportive, stable family backgrounds could have plotted and carried out the ‘savage’ and ‘vile’ killing.Jenkinson, the daughter of a teacher at a Catholic high school, had filled pages of notebooks with jottings about the methods and characters of notorious serial killers.She had attended Culcheth High School with Ratcliffe.But after leaving a 13-year-old girl in hospital by giving her a cannabis-spiked sweet in October 2022, Jenkinson was transferred in a ‘managed move’ to Birchwood Community High School – where she met Brianna.She and Ratcliffe drew up a ‘kill list’ of five potential targets before settling on slightly-built Brianna, who was trans.Jenkinson lured Brianna – who was a star on TikTok for her hair and make-up videos, but in real life rarely went out alone – to leave her Warrington home and catch a bus to her nearby home village of Culcheth.After the pair led her to a local park, Brianna was hacked to death in a ‘frenzied’ attack using a hunting knife Ratcliffe’s parents had bought him on a skiing holiday, suffering 28 separate wounds.One hour and 23 minutes after they first went in, the killers were spotted calmly walking away from the park without Brianna.They then desperately sought to cover their tracks, with Jenkinson posting a Snapchat tribute that called Brianna ‘such an amazing friend’ and ‘one of the best people I’ve ever met’. The evil duo still blame each other for inflicting the fatal wounds.Last February, Jenkinson was jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years and Ratcliffe life with a minimum of 20 years, after both were found guilty of Brianna’s murder.An independent safeguarding review into Jenkinson, now 17, later found mental health workers had been in contact the troubled teenager since November 2021.But they and education professionals did not know about her ‘fascination with violent acts’ and had ‘no reason to be concerned’.They were also unaware of her two previous attempts to poison Brianna in January 2023 or that she used the dark web to watch videos of torture and killing.The report, published in August, also found Jenkinson had told her parents and GP she was hearing ‘unkind’ voices in her head.She was put on the waiting list for a mental health assessment only days before she murdered Brianna.The review did not cover Ratcliffe, also 17, due to him living in neighbouring Wigan.A three-day inquest starting today at Cheshire coroner’s court in Warrington is expected to hear from witnesses including Brianna’s father, Peter Spooner.However Brianna’s mother, Esther Ghey, who has earned praise for her campaign to improve the mental health of young people and protect them from the dangers of the online world, is not expected to attend. Eddie Ratcliffe during his police interview with Cheshire Constabulary after the death of Brianna Scarlett Jenkinson during her police interview with Cheshire Constabulary after the death of Brianna The 37-year-old is campaigning for a total ban on social media use by under 16s.She believes social media exacerbated crippling anxiety which troubled her daughter – who came out as transgender aged 14 – as well as providing her killers with access to violent material.Jenkinson had started carrying a mobile phone from primary school age, initially with her mother and father using parent controls on internet use.But her mother Emma Sutton acknowledged to the authors of the safeguarding review that she found it hard to resist removing them when told by her daughter that ‘I need YouTube for my homework’.Some controls remained, however, including her parents not allowing access to other types of social media until she turned 13.Following the killers’ conviction in December, the judge agreed to lift anonymity when they were sentenced.Mrs Justice Yip said there was ‘a strong public interest in the full and unrestricted reporting of what is plainly an exceptional case’.The killers, both 16, will be transferred to adult prisons when they turn 18. Brianna was horrifically stabbed 28 times by two 15-year-olds who had become obsessed with serial killers and violence – Scarlett Jenkinson, who she considered a friend, and another teenager, Eddie Ratcliffe. Pictured: A court sketch of the pair Ratcliffe was motivated to participate ‘in part by hostility towards Brianna (pictured) because she was transgender,’ she added Flowers left at the entrance of Culcheth Linear Park, Warrington, following the death of Brianna Ghey Tributes left during a vigil in Golden Square, Warrington, to mark the first anniversary of the schoolgirl’s murder People holding their phones aloft during a two minutes silence at vigil in Golden Square, Warrington, to mark the first anniversary of the murder of 16-year-old Brianna GheyRatcliffe was a top set student and treated as a ‘role model’ at the time of the murder, preparing to sit nine GCSEs and aspiring to go to university to study microbiology. How Brianna’s final moments unfolded  February 11Brianna Ghey is leaves her home for the final time as she boards the No28 to her local library.Wearing a white hoodie and knee-high socks, she takes a seat on her own at the front of the bus. Her mother later says that the journey was a ‘big breakthrough’ for the nervous teen. Close to his home, Eddie Ratcliffe also boards a bus as he heads to meet his victim.On his person is the five-inch hunting knife that will later be used to kill the schoolgirl.At 2pm Brianna meets up with her friends, who greet each other before walking off.Barely an hour later, Brianna would be stabbed 28 times before she was left to die in Culcheth Linear Park.Police rushed to the scene after they were called by a horrified dog walker at 3.13pm.Kathryn Vize later said she had seen two teen stooping over what she thought was a dog, running off when she approached.As she got closer she found fatally injured Brianna, ‘bleeding heavily’ and ‘very hurt’.  But he was also socially awkward and preferred to interact with people online.During his exchanges with Jenkinson, he cruelly referred to Brianna as ‘it’ and made derogatory and dehumanising slurs about her gender identity.Sentencing them, Mrs Justice Yip said Jenkinson’s primary motivation was her ‘deep desire to kill’ driven by ‘sadistic’ urges.Ratcliffe was motivated to participate ‘in part by hostility towards Brianna because she was transgender,’ she added.In a highly unusual move, Ratcliffe was permitted to type up his evidence in court after being diagnosed with ‘selective mutism’ following Brianna’s murder.During the pair’s trial at Manchester Crown Court – where they were referred to as Boy Y and Girl X due to their ages – the teenagers blamed one another for stabbing Brianna.But Jenkinson later dramatically confessed to having taken the 13cm knife from Ratcliffe and stabbing Brianna herself.Last February Ratcliffe’s father Kyle was unmasked as a convicted sex offender after he admitted exposing himself while driving past two ‘violated’ girls in his Maserati days before his son went on trial.The 36-year-old – who also admitted taking an indecent photograph of a child – was told he posed a ‘significant risk’ to girls and young women and jailed for 15 months.A former kickboxing champion, Ratcliffe ran a gym where his son trained, and along with Eddie’s mother Alice Hemmings bought him as a holiday souvenir the hunting knife which he and Jenkinson would later use to kill Brianna.Tattooed Ratcliffe, a manager at a truck firm who lived in Leigh, near Wigan, initially told police ‘a pack of lies’, claiming he often drove with his trousers down due to a need to go to the toilet urgently.But searches of his mobile phone uncovered footage he had filmed secretly of a girl aged between 12 and 15 getting changed out of her swimming costume. During his exchanges with Jenkinson, he cruelly referred to Brianna as ‘it’ and made derogatory and dehumanising slurs about her gender identity. Pictured: Jenkinson (left) and Ratcliffe (right) Last February Ratcliffe’s father Kyle (pictured)  was unmasked as a convicted sex offender after he admitted exposing himself while driving past two ‘violated’ girls in his Maserati days before his son went on trial A police photofraph of a crumpled, hand-written note of the ‘murder plan’ to kill Brianna Ghey A vigil for Brianna Ghey outside the Department for Education in London on February 15, 2023 Police forensic officers at the scene in Culcheth Linear Park in Cheshire on February 13, 2023He had also carried out internet searches during his son’s trial relating to sex acts involving schoolchildren.Kyle Ratcliffe was arrested again and remanded in custody – meaning he was not able to be present when his son was jailed.Jailing him, Judge John Potter told Ratcliffe he clearly had a ‘sexual attraction’ to girls and teenagers and represented a ‘significant risk’ to them.Ratcliffe was ordered to sign the sex offenders register for ten years and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.The tragic impact statements of Brianna Ghey’s parents in full Brianna’s mother, Esther Ghey: My name is Esther Ghey. I am providing this victim impact statement in relation to my daughter, Brianna Ghey. Brianna was an extremely vulnerable teenager. As Brianna’s mother I was constantly worried that she was putting herself in risky situations. She was diagnosed with ADHD and ASD as a teenager; with these conditions she found it extremely difficult to identify dangerous situations. Although, in this case, no one could have predicted that it was a dangerous situation for Brianna. This was the hardest thing for me and the rest of Brianna’s family to come to terms with. Finding out that one of the people who had been charged for her murder was someone we believed to be her friend. Someone that we trusted. Someone that I was so happy that she had, fearing that my child had been lonely. Not knowing that this person had been planning, to not only cause harm, but to take the life of my precious child. I tried to protect Brianna so much when she was putting herself in harm’s way, and I failed by allowing her to meet Scarlett on that Saturday afternoon. I was pleased to receive the text from Brianna on the afternoon of the 11th Feb, telling me that she was going out to meet her friend, In order to meet her, Brianna had managed to get on a bus by herself, something that was a first and a big deal for her. I had been concerned that Brianna wouldn’t be able to get herself to college due to her anxiety and this was a big breakthrough for her. I thought that she would have a wonderful time, hanging around with her friend and getting some fresh air. When all that time she was being lured to her death. All I can think about is that she would have been scared and I wasn’t there for her. She needed me to protect her, Brianna wasn’t a fighter and she must have been so terrified. The day of and the days following 11th of February were and always will be the worst days of my life. I felt like someone had killed part of me, like my heart had been ripped out. I have never felt such grief and I would never wish that pain on anyone else. At night, I shared my bed with Alisha as neither of us could sleep alone. I couldn’t eat and was in a complete daze, just living one day after the next. Our home was so quiet with Brianna gone. Whenever I went into my bedroom, I’d put my ear against the wall that divided mine and Brianna’s rooms, to try and hear her chatting and giggling on facetime to her friends, but there was only silence. When I walked through the front door, I expected her to come down the stairs to ask for a Dominoes pizza for tea but there was only silence. I would go into her bedroom to ask her where she had gone and if she was ok. It broke my heart to know that I would never get a response and I would never hear her voice again. I desperately wanted to know that she was ok and that she wasn’t alone and in pain anymore. The fact that Brianna was taken from me in such a heinous way causes a pain that I struggle to describe. No parent should ever have to bury their child. She should have been around for the rest of my life. Brianna had plans for her future which we will never have the chance to support her with. She wanted to go to college and study beauty therapy; she was looking forward to being old enough to have a little job like her big sister. We had also discussed her learning to drive, and she had even picked out which pink car she would like for her 18th birthday. When I remember the good memories that we made together it hurts so much because she’s not here anymore to remember them with me, and we will never get the chance to make more memories together. Instead, the final memories that I carry, are the memories of hearing the news that my child had been found dead; memories of identifying Brianna’s lifeless body; memories of her funeral; and now to add to that, memories of the trial where the two people responsible for Brianna’s death have cowardly pointed the finger towards each other, showing no remorse and only interested in defending themselves. Our lives have completely changed because of this crime. I tried to go back to work weeks after Brianna’s death but going back to my normal way of life just highlighted that she wasn’t with us. I would drive home knowing that she wouldn’t be there when I arrived. As a result, I haven’t worked since March. Brianna’s sister, Alisha, chooses to stay at her boyfriend’s house for most of the time because she feels such grief at home, it is so quiet without Brianna, and this is unbearable for her. Brianna was killed when Alisha was in college, studying for her second year of A levels. Alisha has always been a promising student who enjoyed learning and achieving, but she has struggled and decided to quit college for now. She has lost confidence in her abilities due to the time that she had off to deal with her grief, and I worry that the trauma that Alisha has experienced could negativity impact the rest of her life.I believe that both Scarlett and Eddie continue to be a danger to society. Their behaviour has impacted my family terribly and I would never want them to have the opportunity to carry out their sadistic fantasies on another vulnerable person. As I’ve mentioned, I have another daughter and one day I will hopefully have grandchildren. I want to help to make society a safer place for them to grow up, and the thought of Scarlett and Eddie being released from prison absolutely horrifies me. I don’t believe that someone who is so disturbed and obsessed with murder and torture would ever be able to be rehabilitated. I have moments where I feel sorry for them, because they have also ruined their own lives, but I have to remember that they felt no empathy for Brianna when they left her bleeding to death after their premeditated and vicious attack, which was carried out not because Brianna had done anything wrong, but just because one hated trans people and the other thought it would be fun. Brianna’s father, Peter Spooner:As Brianna’s Father, it is impossible to put into words how the murder of my child has affected me. I have been deprived of so many memories and time with her.Being a father of a transgender child was a difficult thing to deal with. Without people accusing me of dead naming my child, most of my memories are with my son Brett. Our memories are engraved on my heart. He was funny, cheeky and would pull faces to make me laugh. He was my baby, my only Son and his decision to transition was such a brave and confident thing to do.Even though I grieved the son I lost, I was proud to gain another beautiful daughter. Her appearance changed as she blossomed into a lovely young girl, her eyes were the same, she had my eyes when I looked at her. We were forming a new relationship and these two murderers have stolen that from us both.I hate how Brianna’s life has been brutally taken away from her and she has been deprived of the life she wanted to live. She never had the chance to sit her exams or go onto further education.Now my world has been torn apart, justice may have been done with the guilty verdicts, but no amount of time spent in prison will be enough for these monsters.I cannot call them children as that makes them sound naïve or vulnerable which they are not, they are pure evil, Brianna was the vulnerable one.They were determined to kill and never gave up until they had blood on their hands, my Brianna’s blood.Not an ounce of remorse has been shown from these murderers, putting myself and my family through this awful trial having to hear the details about how Brianna suffered. It is unforgivable.The impact of Brianna’s death has affected our whole family.Personally, this has affected me in many ways. I’ve been signed off work with personal stress until after the sentencing but I will never come to terms with the loss of my daughter. My employer has been very understanding throughout. Since the trial finished, I’ve felt in a rut and struggle some days to focus on things. It’s hard moving forward knowing I will never see my child again. Every day something will remind me of what Brianna went through that day in February 2023. Something as simple as taking the dog for a walk in a wooded area or seeing something on TV can trigger those emotions.I wish I wasn’t standing here reading this statement today, but if I wasn’t then there would have been another father stood here in my shoes, another child from their list would have been brutally murdered and I wouldn’t wish this terror and pain onto another person.