‘The world is deprived’: Parents of Dayton woman killed in Colorado call for answers

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The mother and father of a Dayton girl who was killed earlier this week in Colorado are sharing their daughter’s story and looking for solutions for why it occurred.

“I all the time appreciated her humorousness, I all the time did. I used to be all the time happy that she had that humorousness.”

Intelligent, witty, gifted and hardworking are just some of the phrases the daddy of 32-year-old Abigail Miller used.

“She went via quite a lot of adversity in her life, however she was all the time robust, she all the time persevered,” Miller stated. “But in addition curiously, she all the time had an innocence and sweetness about her.”

Jonathan and Sherrie Miller adopted Abigail in 1990. As quickly as they met her, she immediately grew to become theirs.

“After we acquired her, she wasn’t very heavy, she was mild, however I knew once I noticed her, that was my lady,” Miller stated.

“When she got here to us, it was such a joyous time in all of our household,” Sherrie stated.

Miller stated Abigail moved to Colorado Springs for a job earlier this month and had been there not more than per week. That’s when he obtained a name from police that he and his spouse will always remember.

“For me, it’s in suits and begins, Sherri is devastated,” Miller stated.

Abigail was discovered useless in a Colorado Springs park from a gunshot wound round 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Could 14.

Police presently don’t have any suspects and are calling it a random act of violence.

“I guarantee you, it didn’t appear random to Sherrie and I, it appeared fairly darn particular,” Miller stated.

Abigail’s father stated she is going to all the time be remembered for her willingness to assist others, she touched the lives of numerous buddies and strangers.

“The world is disadvantaged,” Miller stated. “Any person prematurely ended her life, and we actually will reside that, we’ll take a bit chunk of that daily for the remainder of our lives.”

“There’s a gap in our lives, there’s a gap in so many lives. Ours, her sister’s, and we’re going to all the time miss her,” Sherrie stated.

Now Abigail’s mother and father need the police in Colorado Springs to seek out who killed their daughter to convey some justice to her demise.

“It received’t convey Abby again, however it will convey some degree of closure,” Miller stated.

Abigail’s mother and father stated anybody who desires to honor her to make a donation in her identify to St. Vincent de Paul in Dayton.

In addition they ask anybody with info which will have info to contact the Colorado Springs Police Division at (719) 444-7000 or their Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP.