It's been two years to the day since a man was arrested and charged with the brutal murder of 9-year-old Felecia Williams and still no justice has been served.
Granville Ritchie was arrested Aug. 15, 2014, but a trial date has still not been set. He is facing the death penalty.
“Two years feels more like two days ago because it’s still so fresh to me,” says Felecia Demerson, Felecia's mom.
Demerson still struggles when talking about her little girl.
“I wake up every day thinking about her and lay down thinking about her,” she says. “Every day is a process."
Williams' body washed up along the Courtney Campbell Causeway back in May 2014. Two months later on Aug. 15, Ritchie was arrested for her murder after police say he raped her, then shoved her body in a suitcase and threw it into the bay.
“I will always think about her. That's my daughter. That was my junior,” Demerson says.
When asked if she forgives the man who allegedly killed her daughter, she says no.
“I still struggle with that and I know that in my heart I will have to forgive him,” she says.
Demerson says she goes to every court appearance Granville makes and, although there still has been no trial date set, she has faith justice will be served.
“I'm okay with the time because more time, more evidence. I do know that justice will be served,” she says.
Ritchie’s next court appearance is set for Aug. 29.
