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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s been a pugnacious 24 hours for Alethea Finch.
“It’s an affectional roller coaster, I’m sorry,” said Finch. “I don’t cognize however to enactment it into words, I’m conscionable numb, I’m numb.”
Her mother, 69-year-old Evelyn Player was stabbed to decease Tuesday morning wrong Southern Baptist Church successful East Baltimore. Her slayer is inactive retired there
“This is my parent and she did not merit to dice similar that. She didn’t,” said Finch.
Finch says her parent was a dedicated member of the religion for 50 years. Bishop Donte Hickman says she served her religion to the precise end.
“To person her beingness taken from her similar that, successful the religion and successful the assemblage that we emotion is truly heartbreaking,” said Bishop Hickman.
Finch says her ma was loving, kind-hearted and ever volunteered her clip to assistance others. She had nary thought Tuesday would beryllium their past greeting together.
“She texted maine astatine 6:03 and said I’m here, person a large day, I emotion you and I texted backmost astatine 6:06 and said I emotion you excessively which is what we did each day. I conscionable ne'er thought that would beryllium my past speech with my mother,” said Finch.
With nary leads and a reward of $100,000 connected the line, Finch says she hopes whoever did this comes guardant truthful her household tin person closure.
“I miss her, I conscionable miss her. I would springiness thing to person 1 much hug from her. Someone took that distant from me,” said Finch. “That’s what makes it the hardest is that idiosyncratic didn’t worth their beingness arsenic overmuch arsenic I did. It’s hard.”
At this time, determination are nary leads. There is simply a vigil planned astatine the religion Thursday evening successful remembrance of Evelyn.
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