Melissa's Father

I believe he did it because he's selfish and it was going to change his life having a child.

Oh, it was excruciating. I mean, we were pestering the police constantly.

My daughter, Melissa, she's very thoughtful, and that's why she got into being a paramedic. She wanted to help people.

We lost Melissa in the prime of her life. Melissa and Barrett should still be alive and enjoying life with their loving family.

Oh, no, definitely not.

Where do you start? I mean, he was going to come into my home. I was looking forward to raising him.

On November 25, 2020, it was the day before Thanksgiving, I received a phone call shortly after 4 o'clock from the Mount Morris police chief. And he asked me kind of frantically, is anybody at my house? And I said, my daughter Melissa is. And so there's a fire. And it's bad.

I told her, whatever you needed, I'll help you financially.

Melissa kind of fell into the line of work. She had an experience in college that took her to an emergency room, and she really appreciated how she was treated, and she wanted to do the same for other people.

Yes. It was her job, and she took it seriously.