‘We forgave man who killed our daughter and even let him move in to our home’

The Mirror says: As her 24-year-old daughter lay dead, grief-stricken Elizabeth Jimenez thought too of the man who had caused her death – beginning what was to become an incredibly moving tale of forgiveness

Sitting in the hospital as the hours crept by, Elizabeth Jimenez was consumed by grief.

Nearby her beloved daughter Maria lay, her life snatched away just weeks before her 24th birthday.

But remarkably, as her mind reeled with unanswered questions and her heart shattered, Elizabeth thought not just of her family and her daughter – she thought too of the man who killed her.

While many mothers would react with fury at the scant details she knew – how Maria had asked friend Nick Tay to take the wheel after a night out because she’d been drinking; how he’d agreed despite the fact he had no insurance, how he’d been speeding (they later discovered at 110mph), crashed the car and survived, while Maria had not – somehow Elizabeth wanted to help him.

“Suddenly I thought ‘Wait a minute, who is with Nick at the police station?’” recalls Elizabeth. “I knew his family lived in Singapore. He must be desperate.’ I had never met this man before. I know that with their daughter killed many would react with furious anger and blame. But all I felt was deep worry for this young man I didn’t know. I just wanted to be by his side.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-forgave-man-who-killed-24689161

………………