Sad.
I hate to be the one to point it out, but some of the timeline described in the article is simply impossible. There is a video at the link worth watching for those who have followed this horrible event from the beginning.
(Clarion Ledger) Lisa Daugherty knew she had to be brave for her daughter, Jessica Chambers, as the teen lay in a hospital bed in Memphis after being burned alive on a rural road in Courtland.
She summoned the courage to walk into Jessica’s hospital room, having been told her daughter was burned beyond recognition. But Daugherty knew her little girl when she saw her, and she knew she had to give her permission to let go.
“You could see the monitor and her heart was still beating, and they had her on intubation and stuff. I put my arm up on her shoulder and leaned over, and felt her neck, it wasn’t burned. I said, ‘Jessica, it’s OK, Baby, Mama’s here, and Daddy’s in the waiting room. You know your daddy — he’s a big, old baby and he can’t come in here, but he’s here. And we love you,’ ” she said.
“And I just looked at her and said, ‘I know you’re in pain, Baby, if you want to go, you can go.’ And she took her last breath.”
Daugherty is still being brave. It seems to be the only thing that’s keeping her together.
“I don’t sleep. Usually if I do sleep, it’s in the morning time. I’m up all night. I keep waiting on her to come through the door. I go to her room to see if she’s in there. … She’s not,” she said. “The last words she said to me was, ‘I’m cleaning my car and getting something to eat and I’ll be home.’ That was at 7 something that night, and I keep waiting on her to come home.”
The stricken composure she’s maintained can’t last forever, Daugherty said, and in the meantime, she stays home as much as she can. When she’s at home, she can feel Jessica’s presence. Sometimes she goes to her grave, and to the makeshift memorial at the site where Jessica was found by first responders on Dec. 6.
She said she thinks she’ll reach her breaking point when they find the person who killed her daughter. (read more with video)