Community holds vigil to remember 16-year-old Sabrina Ray
Community holds vigil to remember 16-year-old Sabrina Ray
WEBVTT STEVE: THE TOWN OF PERRY ISSTILL TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY.A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL WEIGHING JUST56 POUNDS IS FOUND DEAD IN THEHOME OF HER ADOPTIVE PARENTS.SABRINA RAY'S ADOPTIVE PARENTS, MARAND MISTY RAY, ARE NOWCHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH HERDEATH AND THE NEGLECT OF 3 OTHERCHILDREN LIVING IN THE HOME.THE PEOPLE OF PERRY PACKED THEFIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH TONIGHTTO HONOR SABRINA.vlog'S MARIA LISIGNOLI WAS ATTHE VIGIL.SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE.MARIA: INSIDE THE FIRSTCHRISTIAN CHURCH, TH PEWS WEREPACKED WIT PERRY RESIDENTS,MANY WHO CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOWAND WHY THIS THING HAPPENED.>> I DO NOT KNOW.I DO NOT HAVE THE WORDS TOEXPLAIN HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW.MARIA: ONE RESIDENT ORGANIZEDTHIS VIGIL IN 24 HOURS.OTHER COMPANIES DONATEDCAMPBELLS AND BL RIBBONS, INMEMORY OF CHILD ABUSE.COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE UPSET ANDWANT TO SEE CHANGE.>> YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHOARE DEVASTATED BY IT, AND WOULDLIKE TO SEE THINGS CHANGE,WHETHER IT BE WITH THE STATE OFIOWA GETTING MORE INVOLVED INTHESE CASES O THE COMMUNITIES,PEOPLE.WHEN YOU SEE THINGS, STEP UP ANDSAY SOMETHING.MARIA: AND THERE IS AN OFFICIALACCOUNT AT THE GREAT WESTERNBANK I PERRY, CALLED THESABRINA RAY MORAY EEL --MEMORI ACCOUNT WHERE PEOPLECAN DONATE.ALL THE MONEY RAISED WILL GOTOWARD A TREE AND A PLAQUE,WHICH WILL BE PLANTED INCOMMUNITY PARK NEARBY.ANY LEFTOVER MONEY WILL GO TOBUYING A HEADSTONE.IN PERRY, MARIA WAS THENORMALLY, -- LIGNOLI, vlog 8NEWS, IOWA'S NEWS LEADER.STEV THE SABRINA RAY CASE NOWHAS IOWA HOUSE DEMOCRATS CALLINGFOR THE RESIGNATION OFDEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICESDIRECTOR CHARLES PALMER.WE TALKED WITH GOVERNOR BRANSTADTODAY.HE SAYS PALMER IS A DEDICATEDPUBLIC SERVANT AND BRANSTADHOPES THE FOCUS WILL REMAIN ONHOLDING THE RAY'S ACCOUNTABLE INTHE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TOPLAY A BLAME GAME AND INSTEADTRY TO REACH JUSTICE WHEN YOUHAVE A TRAGEDY LIKE THIS ANDTHEN TO LEARN FROM IT ANDHOPEFULLY DO A BETTER JOB OFPROTECTING OUR CHILDREN. STEVE: THE GOVERNOR SAYS HEHOPES THERE WILL BE A REVIEW OF
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Community holds vigil to remember 16-year-old Sabrina Ray
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