GUILTY MA - Colleen Ritzer, 24, brutally murdered, Danvers, 22 Oct 2013 #2

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Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 3m3 minutes ago Craig: Colleen aunt, impossible for her summarize how this death impacted get family. Lifelong change

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 3m3 minutes ago
Susan Craig is Colleen's aunt: there's "new pain and heartbreak surfacing every day." "Family was everything to her."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Craig: Breaking into tears, says she still looks for Colleen flip flops by the door but they never appear

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Craig: Colleen was close to her daughter, Jackie, who is 2 years younger. Jackie now lives with fear, doubt

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Craig: says #PhilipChism showed no remorse or affect in court, we try to move through each day in honor of Colleen

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 2m2 minutes ago
"There has been no rational explanation or reason for this crime ... She paid the ultimate price for no reason."

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 2m2 minutes ago
"He chose evil that day," says aunt.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Craig asks for mac sentence allowed

 

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allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 3m3 minutes ago Colleen's aunt is done. Now, Gina McDaniel, her maternal first cousin.

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 2m2 minutes ago
#ColleenRitzer cousin gets teary eyed: 'She simply made our lives better'

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 2m2 minutes ago
Gina MacDaniel, Colleen Ritzer's cousin, has to pause her impact statement as she's overcome by emotion. Then she continues.

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 1m1 minute ago
#ColleenRitzer cousin: I wish I could turn back time and see her again.

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 1m1 minute ago
McDaniel: "We owe Colleen justice. She didn’t have a choice. He did." She finishes.

 

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Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago She said they had an elementary school friendship that grew into a forever friendship

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
They were going to take a trip to celebrate 20 years being friends

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Berger: every day since her death has been a struggle to find good

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 2m2 minutes ago
Berger: "Colleen was a cheerleader when you needed a boost."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Many in courtroom in tears as victim impact statements continue

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 55s55 seconds ago
"I will miss doing things with Colleen nearly as much as I miss doing nothing with her.' Berger

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 1m1 minute ago
Jennifer Berger, friend of Colleen Ritzer: "One of the best parts of me has now become unspeakable."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Berger: now, there's a piece of herself she's afraid to share with others. Even on good days, she feels guilty

 

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allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 1m1 minute ago Next, fellow teacher Sarah Giaquinta. She testified during the trial. She was one of the last people to talk with Colleen

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 1m1 minute ago
Sarah Giaquinta, friend of Colleen Rizer, speaking: "I find it extremely difficult to describe" how her death effected me.

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 59s59 seconds ago
Sarah, a fellow teacher at Danvers High, talks about how Colleen Ritzer care so much for her students.

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 40s40 seconds ago
Sarah talks about how terrible it was for students at #Danvers High to cope with the brutal murder of their teacher.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
After Colleen death, she could not be alone in her classroom. And she couldn't walk by Colleen's room

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 57s57 seconds ago
Colleen had a love for babies. "I was robbed of a friend I treasured."

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 39s39 seconds ago
Sarah: "Our sense of safety was violated" at #Danvers High: "teachers were constantly on edge."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 50s51 seconds ago
Students at high school stopped using bathroom where Colleen was killed, teachers took self defense classes

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 55s55 seconds ago
"We couldn’t walk into elevators without our hearts racing. We questioned why students were in our classrooms after school."

 

[kimi_SFC]

Thank you for posting these heartbreaking tweets jacct

#JusticeForColleen


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Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago Laura Fogarty, who faithfully attended the trial, now taking the stand

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 2m2 minutes ago
Fogarty met #ColleenRitzer when she was 15 months old, a toddler who had a smile that could light up the world

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"I am blessed beyond belief that tom and Peggie trusted me with their little girl."

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 2m2 minutes ago
Laura Fogerty was Colleen Ritzer's preschool teacher: "I loved her like she was my own."

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 1m1 minute ago Salem, MA
"I loved her like my own," said Fogarty. Colleen was the flower girl at her wedding and babysat her first child

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 42s43 seconds ago
I can still hear her hopeful little voice saying Miss Laura I want to be a teacher just like you - Fogarty

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago
Prosecutor displaying photos of Colleen with Fogarty - Colleen as a toddler, with a big dog, with Fogarty on her wedding day.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Fogarty speaks of Colleen's future which will never happen "because of what he did to her."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 54s55 seconds ago
Fogarty went to El Salvador and served in Colleen name

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
I can tell you everything you've heard about Colleen's love of life and kindness is true

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
"My heart breaks for all of us...this broken world needed #ColleenRitzer." - Fogarty.

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 1m1 minute ago
'What he did goes beyond realms of violence. Nothing short of savagery and pure evil' Powerful impact statements.


Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago
Closure "just not possible" says Fogarty



Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
"we will also be forever broken," says Fogarty, ending a highly descriptive and emotional statement

 

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Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago Laura Ritzer is next, her parents and brother accompany her to the stand

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 2m2 minutes ago
#ColleenRitzer mom, dad, sister and brother stand together to support each other as they give impact statements

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 2m2 minutes ago
Laura Ritzer talks about the nightmare that became her life because of the murder of her sister

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Laura is reading her statement, speaking very softly in a silent courtroom

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 2m2 minutes ago
Laura Ritzer:Colleen taught her students "to never give up on themselves."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Laura; anytime Colleen knew someone was struggling, she's remind them of good things in life to look forward to

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Laura said she and Colleen spent all their free time together. She helped her set up her DHS classroom

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 46s47 seconds ago
"I had to come to terms my life was never going to be the same...I wish I could go back in time and protect my sister"

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 30s30 seconds ago
Laura: she works hard everyday hoping Colleen looking down at her proud

 

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I am in tears listening to these victim impact statements...heartbreaking

 

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Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago Laura: "I lived my life hoping this was all a bad dream "

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 56s56 seconds ago
"You picked the wrong family will mess with and we will never stop fighting," Laura Ritzer

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 50s50 seconds ago
Laura Ritzer: "I wish I could go back in time and protect my sister....we'd do anything to bring Colleen back."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 52s52 seconds ago
Laura: I hope you can see the toll this has taken on my family. I'm here today hoping Justice can be served. Asks for max

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 48s48 seconds ago
Now we hear from #ColleenRitzer brother, Dan

 

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Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago Now it's Colleen's brother Dan's turn. "She was the greatest sister a kid could ask for."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"That was before: before w coward decided to take our special light." Dan

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 2m2 minutes ago
Dan Ritzer: "I wake up every morning sad...why couldn't it have been me."

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 1m1 minute ago
#ColleenRitzer brother says he feels dread every day to get out of bed.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Can't sleep, can't focus, he battles with the fact this is now my reality

allison manningVerified account ‏@allymanning 1m1 minute ago
Dan wonders, "What could I have done differently, why couldn’t it have ben me?"

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"you don't know pain until you watch someone you love being lowered into the ground." Dan Ritzer

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"put this animal behind bars for the maximum possible sentence," Dan Ritzer asks

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 44s45 seconds ago
Next is Tom Ritzer, Colleen's father: "She was brutally raped, robbed and murdered."

 

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Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 54s55 seconds ago Speaks of holding Colleen for first time. He was her daughter and also her friend. They talked about everything

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 52s53 seconds ago Salem, MA
Colleen's dad, Tom, up next. "I was supposed to be teaching her but she often taught me."

Jill Harmacinski‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
He told her she could make more money, but she didn't care. She wanted to be a teacher

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 1m1 minute ago
Tom Ritzer: "Colleen loved life...she truly appreciated the small things in life...she loved her family more than anything."

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 37s38 seconds ago
He told #ColleenRitzer 'I love you' every day.

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 1m1 minute ago
Tom Ritzer: "...our world ended" on the day Colleen was brutally murdered.

 

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Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago Tom recalling looking for Colleen day she was murdered. He went to her room, seeing it for the first time

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 51s52 seconds ago
During trial, he realized he'd walked the same hallways his daughters killed had hours before. It made him sick

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 22s22 seconds ago
Tom Ritzer talks about what he did in the hours after his daughter was murdered, not knowing got Colleen was dead

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 43s44 seconds ago
Tom recalling waiting at Danvers police station that night

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 27s28 seconds ago
"Our world ended that night," said Tom recalling 2 police officers telling him Colleen was dead

 

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My heart aches for this dad

 

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Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 45s46 seconds ago "I'm not ready to accept this and I don't know if I ever will .., Colleen did nothing to deserve this."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 58s59 seconds ago
Says Colleen would have been a great mom. He'll never be able to give her away, have a father daughter dance

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 46s46 seconds ago
"I lost my beautiful little girl ... a dads job is to fix things. I'd do anything to be able to fix this for Colleen."

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 1m1 minute ago
#PhilipChism - I've heard many victim impact statements and they are all heartbreaking, but this one ranks toward the top.

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 1m1 minute ago
Tom Ritzer: A dad's job is to protect, I didn't protect

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago
"A dads job is to fix things," says Tom Ritzer. "I would give anything to be able to fix this."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 56s56 seconds ago
"Colleen will always have more courage than the coward that did this to her." Tom Ritzer

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 44s44 seconds ago
"her killer knew exactly what he was doing and he has never showed remorse. He is evil." Tom Ritzer

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 52s52 seconds ago
Tom Ritzer: "I hate Colleen's killer." Says #PhilipChism deserves the death penalty or life in prison w/out parole.

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 25s25 seconds ago
"He is evil, pure evil, and must be punished," says Tom Ritzer.

 

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Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 37s38 seconds ago Tom Ritzer: Since #PhilipChism can't be executed or get life without parole, he should get longest prison term possible.

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 1m1 minute ago
Peggie Ritzer, Colleen's mother, will be the last person to give a victim impact statement: "Colleen's life matters."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Peggie Ritzer, Colleen's mom, now speaking. #PhilipChism name does not deserve to be spoken, she says

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 59s60 seconds ago
Colleen was a loving daughter, her life matters, she was born the day b4 Mothers Day, the best present she ever got

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Colleen loved being a big sister, was good, kind and caring person.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Colleen loved teaching and was passionate about what she taught

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
She never had opportunity to see Colleen teach but she would have loved to

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago
"She made her students want to learn," says Peggie Ritzer. She reads from notes and cards she received after Colleen's death

 

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Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago "she was simply a ray of Sunshine," says Peggie, reading a note from one of Colleen's students

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
"this is the teacher who he took away," Peggie Ritzer tells Judge Lowy

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 2m2 minutes ago
Throughout these statements #PhilipChism has shown no visible reaction. Staring straight ahead.

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 1m1 minute ago
Peggie Ritzer: my daughter wrote a positive note after every day. Peggie reads some of those notes to the judge

Victoria WarrenVerified account ‏@vwarrenon7 1m1 minute ago
#ColleenRitzer kept a 'happy memory jar.' Her mom reads her last memory: Chocolate Cream Pie.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Peggie says she misses that bright smile, talking about something as simple as how her schoolday had gone

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 39s40 seconds ago
Peggie Ritzer: "At 24 she had the excitement of a five year old at Christmas...she loved her life."

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 1m1 minute ago
Peggie Ritzer talks about Colleen's last day alive: "That was the day evil crossed her path."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
The day of her death, she can't remember if she said good bye to Colleen and she struggles with that

 

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Oh mom...I am so sorry...all those good memories followed by all the bad ones...

 

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Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago "We waited for hours for any news. Then we saw several police officers walking toward us and we knew it was bad."

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 2m2 minutes ago
Peggie Ritzer pauses as she talks about when police told her the terrible news. Judge: "Take your time, please."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"I wished I could have helped Colleen that day ... But no one knew what evil sat in that classroom that day." Peggie Ritzer

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"Dan left for college in August and that was the last he saw of his big sister."

Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 29s29 seconds ago
"I will never ever understand how such evil can exist in this world." Peggie says.

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
Colleen was a second mother to Laura

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 33s34 seconds ago
Her kids now "have a mother who is so very broken," Peggie Ritzer says

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 55s56 seconds ago
Photo of Ritzer children now on projection screen. Colleen smiling, wearing a pink top. Was photo given to media

Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 2m2 minutes ago
Peggie presents a picture of her three children: "It's the last picture I have of the three children together."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"there was always supposed to be three and there will never be three again." Peggie Ritzer

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
Peggie: "Time only makes her absence more noticeable."

 

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Carl StevensVerified account ‏@carlwbz 2m2 minutes ago Peggie Ritzer: "Life will never be the same...time does not lessen the pain, it only strengthens it."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
"I will never Colleen in a wedding dress ... I will never see her be a mother." Peggie Ritzer

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"we raised our kids to be good loving people and in a matter of minutes that evil took it all away," Peggie Ritzer

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"Now I isolate myself from people I love because pretending being to be happy is so difficult." Peggie Ritzer

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"every day there is something new that triggers the grief and anger."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 47s48 seconds ago
"Colleen packed her school bag that day ... While he packed his bag preparing to take a life."

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 1m1 minute ago
Peggie Ritzer says Evil ( #PhilipChism) has sat in court "without demonstrating any sense of remorse."

 

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Julie Manganis ‏@SNJulieManganis 1m1 minute ago Peggie says the SJC ruling barring life without parole was "immoral and unjust."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
Peggie says family will be forced to go through the pain again if #PhilipChism becomes eligible for parole

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 2m2 minutes ago
Peggie Ritzer asks Judge Lowy to impose consecutive sentences

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 2m2 minutes ago
"The effect this has had on our family is indescribable," says Peggie

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 2m2 minutes ago Salem, MA
Peggie Ritzer implores Lowy to impose maximum possible sentence on #PhilipChism for him to serve it consecutively

Laura Crimaldi ‏@lauracrimaldi 59s59 seconds ago
Peggie Ritzer: #PhilipChism "deserves life in prison without the eligibility of parole but that is not possible."

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"you do have the option of setting consecutive life sentences ... He is pure evil and evil can never be rehabilitated"

Ethan Hartley ‏@Ehartley_DH_BC 1m1 minute ago Salem, MA
Peggie Ritzer explains how #PhilipChism was the "most alive" he's been in court watching himself on surveillance videos and is not sorry

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 1m1 minute ago
"Today the good must prevail over the evil and you must remember Colleen matters." Peggie Ritzer

Jill Harmacinski ‏@EagleTribJill 35s36 seconds ago
The Ritzer family leaves the stand. Court is going into a 20 minute recess.