Form my daughter’s (Kari Diviney) Facebook: “Today was my first day at my first real world job. I couldn’t help but feel saddened by the fact that my brother will never be able to experience life and growing up. His life was robbed of him far too young and he was robbed from me & […]
Vantrease Parole: Recap & Thoughts.
Warning: Photographs (at bottom) might be disturbing to some. Last Wednesday, I followed my daughter, Kari, with my Victim Impact Statement to the Parole Board. Her words were so powerful… so heart-wrenching… so compelling… so real, that I wondered if mine were really necessary. Well, at least if they were necessary for the Parole Board, that […]
Kari Diviney: Victim Impact Statement.
The following is the Victim Impact Statement my daughter, Kari, presented at the Austin Vantrease parole hearing. She stood before the Board, Austin Vantrease, and his family and let her words flow. I am Kari Diviney, Ryan Diviney’s little sister. I would like to thank the Board for allowing this opportunity for me to share my […]
My Daughter, Kari: Touched by You
One bright spot in my — and my wife’s — life since Ryan was attacked is my daughter, Kari. It was so hard not seeing her nearly as often as we’d liked over the past four years, with her away at college and the circumstance we faced here at home. Sure, she came home as […]
Kari Diviney Reflects: “Ryan Should Have Been There”
by Kari Diviney The first time I ever visited West Virginia University was to see my big brother, Ryan Diviney, for a weekend. I was a high school senior at that time and he was at the beginning of his sophomore year at WVU. Ryan had a 3.8 GPA and was destined for great things. This […]