Parkland mother: 'Lost my purpose in life' when Nikolas Cruz murdered my daughter | LiveNOW from FOX
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2022
- Jennifer Guttenberg, the mother of Parkland murder victim Jaime Guttenberg, testified during Nikolas Cruz's sentencing for killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018. Jennifer Guttenberg told jurors that Valentine's Day used to be her favorite holiday before her daughter was murdered on that day four years ago. "I lost my purpose in life that day," she said. "My life feels so empty, lonely and incomplete."
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Not much hurts a parent to their core, like burying your children, no matter the ages. When my father passed, it destroyed Grandma, and she followed soon after.
My former wife’s grandmother had a very similar situation
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Real justice would be firing squad
The world is so broken I am so depressed I pray the world gets better and these evil people cease to exist
As a disabled person I think their daughters has a beautiful soul helping other disabled kids 🎗️💐💗🙏
What a moving, emotional, and loving statement about their daughter Jaime.
@@davidwilliam9451 Oh. Never heard that.
But was getting viscously killed for it was any where near a reason??
May she Rest In Peace.
@@davidwilliam9451 How dare you make such an insensitive comment about these people losing their 14 year old child to a gruesome mass murder. Shame on you! God doesn’t like ugly!
@@davidwilliam9451 She did not. Stop trolling and spreading lies. This is NOT the time or place. RIP Jaime ❤
@@davidwilliam9451 how? What’s your source? The shooter didn’t even graduate, he was 19 and wasn’t even a student at the time. How could Jamie, a freshman, even come in contact with him if he was out of the school before she started? Honestly, if you have proof please share the source, if not, shut your mouth and be respectful.
I'm so sorry for these parents. Their pain is excruciating and eternal. My heart is absolutely broken for them. ♡
@N A Not going to happen
@N A Stop whining
I hope it was a punch in the gut when NC heard Jamie stood up against bullying and had such a big, good heart. He killed one of the few people who probably would have helped him if she knew him before this tragic day. Smh. What a great person she was. She had dreams and goals and knew what she wanted.
So sorry for her loss and everyone.
He’s a narcissist. Narcissists don’t care about anything or anyone but themselves. He’s most likely basking in his own glory of what he did.
No words for this. As someone without kids I can't even imagine how all these families feel.
I'm 57 and have never had children but yet somehow I can sense the dreadful loss this lady/mum is suffering. A child to be so proud of too.
I have no children either and I can so relate to this comment. Just gut wrenching
You obviously can understand how they feel, or you wouldn't have written this comment. Empathy here isn't restricted to parents - most parents haven't lost children so they cannot truly understand either. The pain is universally understood.
We lost a 16 year old son to suicide in 2001, that was extremely painful….I can only imagine how excruciating the pain is that these parents feel. My heart hurts for them💔
I'm so sorry for your loss of your beautiful wonderful talented son. You are immensely strong, he must feel your everlasting love, I am sure. My heart goes out to you, and all these parents.
Well you don’t have to imagine
I guess your son was a loser,lol
I want to hug you 😢
I’m sorry for your loss 🙏🏽
This poor, precious Mother. Heartbreaking.
"My life feels so empty, lonely, and incomplete" This is so painful to hear this poor mom say that. This has got to be the worst kind of pain. Literally every part of everyday would remind you of them. A nightmare that would never end. God bless all of these families
I guarantee you she would have taken her place?
I see where Jamie got her heart mom she’s so selfless as you can tell in her testimony she talks more of how it affects her son and that as well affects her such a wonderful family may y’all find peace 💙
From the people of Great Britain 🇬🇧 and myself your daughter must be so proud of you looking down from heaven, our hearts go out too you and I’m so sorry for your tragic loss 🙏 British people let’s show them some love and support leave a message in reply’s let’s get 100 messages of our feelings of the British people .
I second that ❤️ sending you all a positive hug and I pray for you all all the way from uk 🇬🇧
@@antoinettemcdonald5279 come on Great Britain 🇬🇧 let’s see how much support we feel for them , more reply’s .
As a father of two young boys with their entire futures ahead of them, I will never be able to fathom the endless sadness, loss and hopelessness that these parents feel and suffer daily. Yet I watch and listen to their testimony because it keeps me grounded and hyper sensitive to the fact that life is so incredibly fragile and finite. And it helps me appreciate the people in my life who mean so much to me, all the more. My heart goes out to all the parents who experienced the loss of their child. I am truly sorry that such a horrific and unspeakable thing happened. To those parents such as myself, who are so very lucky to have our children still with us, always remember to hug them tight, wish them good morning and goodnight, and never let a day go by without telling them that you love them and that they are everything to you. 😞
I have two children, a daughter who is 16, a son who is 13. I am always amazed at their bond, they argue and fight sometimes like most siblings, but one would be lost without the other. These families are so brave to get up and make these testimonies. I am in awe. They will be in my prayers. They have made me very aware of what is lacking in security at my childrens school. By doing this, despite the pain and anger, they are making change happen. They have made me and my husband, and countless other parents, demand action to keep our kids safe. I’m so sorry for their pain. Thank you to each and everyone of these incredible families, I wish I could do more.
I feel so much for this mother, and father, and son. For all the families. I pray for all to receive justice ⚖ 🙏 🙌 ❤ 😪
My heart breaks for these parents. I lost my 22 year old son last year suddenly from a brain bleed and its awful. I can't imagine going thru this as well. God bless them!
So sorry, May God bless you too.
@@SandraS. Thank you so much for your kind thoughts. Its horrible! He was such a great son! I am a Trauma Surgeon and I will always blame myself for not noticing he was injured. A box hit him in the head, which caused a brain bleed.
You probably didn’t hit him that hard. Perhaps, he had an aneurysm or weakness there ready to happen and it was an unfortunate accident. Sorry again. The promises of a future life in heaven with God are there for us. I cling to Jesus for my future. No more pain or death when He takes His kingdom. In the future.
🙏🏻..please don't blame your self... I'm an Icu Rn and its COMPLETELY DIFF when its YOUR family♡. ..🙏🏻 ...
@@SandraS. She didn't hit him, I don't think. A box did.
i just lost my sister exactly a year ago, and even though i was destroyed…seeing my parents man, that was the worst . dad delivered the strongest eulogy
I am so sorry. 😭
May she rest in peace brother
I have the uppermost admiration for these wonderful parents. I feel so much pain hearing and seeing their pain and its just incomprehensible to be in their shoes. Along with others, they have been so brave to share their voice, even when they felt they had no words. I feel so much love for them.
I have a daughter....I can't imagine the total and absolute pain this momma feels...every moment of every day
This must have been incredibly difficult. My deepest condolences, as a father.
Mrs. Guttenberg, hearing you speak about your daughter Jamie, it sounds like she was a very wonderful person with a beautiful soul. And it speaks a lot to the way she was raised. I'm just a stranger on the internet and as I sit here I try to find words of condolence or words to ease your pain but I can't seem to find any. What can we do so another parent doesn't have to go through this?
Jaime sounds like she was the sweetest girl on this planet, as do her parents. Her kindness and grace lives through them and it's very apparent. And you are absolutely correct. There are no words in the world. I just can not imagine their pain, and they must wake up everyday with that pain and reality. The unimaginable is their life. It's horrific. All we can do is vote for people who want to gun reform. Jamie's father as well as many other parents involved in this horrid situation are gun reform advocates, Jaime's father Fred being one of the biggest. If sensible gun laws were passed back in 2018, this most likely would not have happened. Back in 2018, you had to be 18 years old to buy a gun. Now they've raised the age to 21. If the age was 21 back when this happened, the gun man would not have been able to buy a gun or have access to one as easily as he was. To think that those 17 angels probably would still be alive today had the age been 21 to buy a gun is so upsetting and angering. At some point people need to start caring more about children's lives, as well as their families who are left to suffer forever, than guns. We need change. We should not have to be afraid to send kids to school everyday. This horrific massacre should have never happened. There are just no words like you said. 😥♥
@@JC-tr8pc I feel the gun issue is part of it. I feel the other part is the mental health issue. It sounds like there was a lot of red flags with the murderer. If some of those red flags would have been addressed by someone maybe it would have stopped him from every wanting in the pick up a weapon. I feel as a society we need to get better about healthy communicating and taking better care of our own mental health.Then recognizing the signs when someone is struggling with their mental health and then saying something. You never know it could save a life.
@@tamarawelch1171 Exactly! I agree 100%. I think the issue is that a lot of times people who commit these mass murders don't have close relationships with a lot of people or the people in their lives don't see the signs. They are usually very to themselves. The shooter made tons of google searches and comments about mass shootings, and nothing was done about it. He brought dead animals to school and no one said/reported anything about it. The Uvalde shooter posted pictures with guns on social media, no one said/reported anything about it. I don't feel we can always rely on others to say something or report things. Just like the Buffalo shooter. He had a whole plan written out about how he was going to do it, but it was private/only he could see it. A lot of times these people who commit these murders won't show signs of mental health problems that others can see. It's for sure a mental health issue as well, I just don't think these shooters would ever seek help on their own. It's all so terrible.
Make him look at these people !!
I am so sorry for your loss, I’m in tears. Losing a love one like that must be so heartbreaking.
No parents should ever go through this.
This is just so depressing to watch
To raise a child is so all encompassing....from 2 hr feedings that involve burping & diaper changes to baths, dressing...keeping them out of traffic, away from electrical risks, away from strangers. To get them alive and happy to the verge of adulthood and have them stolen just before all your work and love pays off as they enter adulthood is horrendous.
That's right.
Another outstanding child. So sorry to all who live her.
Dear Jennifer and Fred,
It's a bit late, but thank you, for having the courage to share and talk about your beautiful daughter. Jamie had a big heart, spending her free time volunteering with people with special needs and disabilities, trying to learn and develop the skills she needs to become a physical therapist to help a child with a limb disability to walk for the first time. Your daughter was unbelievably beautiful inside and out. Just remember, you'll always be in our prayers. All the best to you both!
I'm so sorry Mrs Guttenburg.
I feel so sad for this mother I hope that she knows Jamie is in heaven and that this young man will see justice soon you will be in my prayers 🙏
Mom, you are so brave. And your daughter will never be forgotten.
It's sad that all the families have to go through this because of the actions of a monster. No parent should have to bury their child at all. The thing that makes this case even worse is that he tried to play like he was insane, like there were voices in his head and that he didn't know what happened.
Real justice would be firing squad
@@extremelyoffensive5784 yup.....give him what he did to those innocent people.
Dear God the list goes on and on. Why let this murderer go on and on?
Lord be with these parents! I am so sorry!😭
‘I miss her soul, I miss my girl’ oh that hit, all of her testimony 💔😢
I don’t know how anyone can sit in the courtroom listening to what was lost without showing any emotion. Each story has left me with tears streaming down my face and a palpable pain in my heart for these families and I don’t even know them. This whole thing is just so senseless it’s infuriating.
My God all the parents lost there child. It's painful enough to loose them in death but to die in such a sick, and, Evil way like that makes it so much harder for all the Families! Not fair that we as parents send our children to school to get a good education NOT MURDERED! This should and, could of been avoided. May they all find peace and, have healing after the P.O.S Gets sentenced. 🙏🙏🙏
May politicians ban the weapons that make this carnage possible
Agree 💯💯💯
To lose their child. Heart breaking.
So sorry for your loss
This trial should have been over day one.
The execution should have been day one
@@Jman417 Agree 100%
He pled guilty. This is just the penalty phase; there is no trial.
Beautiful
I only wish to be half the great person as Jamie was! I truly admire your daughter
What a blessing given by God
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The hopelessness these parents are going through is just Heart wrenching God bless all of you xxxxxxx
My heart goes out to you, I have a special needs person(my son) he never had a chance for help for any activities . He is now 39 and lives at home with me. Your daughter must have been a very special person !
Heartbreaking
Another wonderful, good, beautiful life taken away from a proud parent. 14 years old with her whole life ahead of her. I'm crying for her and the children who she could have treated as a physiotherapist.
Heartbreaking just no words
May Jaime Guttenberg's soul rest in peace with the Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. Amen.
We all reincarnate heaven or hell is what we make it here on earth
@@petervigna3579 amen brother
Amen!
I have two kids and I cannot even bare to imagine a world without them, I hope I never have to feel the excruciating agony of losing a child like this. No parent should. EVER.
How do they contain themselves with such composure is beyond me . Wonderful strong familes . God bless all that are suffering 🙏 😢
Heart ranching testimony. Her words filled with the most unbearable pain of losing her child.. This makes me break down in tears and wish I could hug this mom and expresss my deepest condolences 💔 As a mother and grandmother I can only try to imagine what all these moms dads siblings and families have gone through. Just hope and pray that God heals their broken hearts 🙏
I’m so sorry for this Mom. We All Feel for you. God bless 🙏
Absolutely gut wrenching to listen to this poor mother. I lost my father almost 8 years ago and I miss him terribly, and although I am forever grateful for the time I had with him and the short time that one of my two sons had with him, it is painful to miss him the way I do. I absolutely cannot imagine how amplified that pain would be if it were one of my children that I grieved for and missed so terribly. This should have never happened to these kids and their families, so much heartbreak caused by one sick individual 💔
Oh my gosh….my heart breaks for these parents…this dear Mommy💔
These impact statements hit so hard in the feels, I can’t even listen to them they are so sad.
I hope all of these families of victims grow very close they need eachother, this whole thing is so sad. I saw some of the families congragate and cry outside the funeral home as it was right next door to my job at the time. It's so sad
This is so heartbreaking. I have no children, but I can't even imagine what these poor people, all of them, endured and will continue to, for the rest of their lives. My heart breaks for them.
Heartbreaking 💔 poor woman!
I can't help but wonder if ANY of these grieving parents words affect NC at all. Or is he just bored by it all, like he appears to be.
I've posted before that the day's proceedings should be recorded and played back continually in 'its' prison cell at night. Loud too. It'll be as nothing compared to the suffering these proud parents are experiencing.
@@cycleSCUBA Yeah but of course that won't happen, as much as he deserves that.
His attorneys must tell him to keep his hands off his ears/face and sit up. He has a lot of nerve.
No words really. 😪😔
I hope this mother finds help. She's going to suffer for the rest of her life if she lives like this. I know it takes time and it's the worst thing that's ever happened to her and their whole family. I hope one day she will embrace all the things she avoids today and will welcome the mention of her daughter in all circumstances.
I see this prolonged acute grief in all the parents. I wonder if waiting four long years for this trial complicated their grief. And listening to the graphic descriptions of their child’s gunshot wounds and imagining the child’s terror and suffering must conjure up images that can’t be unseen. The obvious sadistic intent of the shooter is is one more layer of grief. I think we all wish we could take their pain away.
The deafening, akward silence at family gatherings after the loss of a loved one is a feeling that some of us unfortunately know. But to lose your child and then have to experience this is unimaginably painful. I am a parent of 3 and I can't think of anything worse that could happen than losing one of my babies. They are ALWAYS your babies. I know that it would kill every part of me that ever lived. I will pray often for this sweet family and for all of the families that have lost their loved ones. May they all somehow find the strength that is takes each day to move on as best they can and carry on the legacies of the ones they lost.
A parent should NEVER have to go through this! This is ridiculous that the shooter even has a trial in the first place he massacred incoent children he shouldn't have the right to breathe! I hope all of these family's and parents are okay and some day find peace and serenity as hard as it may be. I wish nothing but comfort and love to the family's that lost somebody they love at Parkland ❤
Hope he goes to hell w the death penalty
@Boston Gal it's definitely a trial and it don't matter what it is anyway whats your point here
@Boston Gal you clearly missed the point of my comment but okay Boston gal
@Boston Gal yes it is , the victims are giving their statements , so that the jury will decide on whether to sentence that POS to life in prison without parole, or death sentence
Listening to the mother is absolutely gut wrenching!
As a parent I cry for you I could not imagine..
So much pain and sorrow for what the future would have been for these poor young lives and the heartbreak these families are going through. Sending love and prayers. This kid deserves what his victims got... imo
i think Cruz was deprived of human emotion and he went on a shooting spree to get a reaction. and now in court, in a deranged way, he still enjoys the mayhem he has created. These impact statements are feeding into his unquenchable desire to understand what makes people tick. Does anyone else see this?
Heart. wrenching gut wrenching torture.....painful.......to sit there read with the murderer admitting guilt just RUB HIS HEAD like he has a f--k -n headache.!!?
Exactly! He acts like it's such a bother for him to have to listen to this. Total nerve!!
@@blessall8856 I was violently raped, by a man in a park. I believe after police said I was just a number, our system is a system that is just corrupt because we ALLOW & ENABLE this 😈 without capital punishment. 1 time, 2 time, 3 times UR out....humiliating.
While they even can trace on social media, have never IMPLIMENTED warnings to the public the possibility
of a shooter planning in an area like an AMBER ALERT or even a SEXUAL DEVIATE is your next door neighbor.
They are PROTECTED.......
Like PRISON is their GOAL.
They get meals made for them, they play games, watch TV, bath, use toilet have a bed GOD.......terrible......so we are HUMANE to them??????
as a disabled kid with autism back 15 years ago. I can feel the pain of people finding out that this shooter got away with it posing as a disabled person.
One thing I find interesting is that these people who had good lives before Ina lol of these intervie6talk about how valentine's day used to be their favorite holiday but now it's a day of misery. While what Cruz did was horrible, guys like him suffer depression in Valentine's day due to loneliness and isolation.
I have autism myself as well as loneliness due to being mistreated by peers all my life so valentine day Is a reminder if how I'm ostracized.
That being said I'd never do what Cruz did.. but it is important to recognize the impact ostracizing has on people.
Thank you, Jennifer, for that powerful impact statement. God bless you, your husband Fred and your son after such a tragic loss. May Jamie's memory, and the memories of all the other victims of 2/14/18 continue to endure as eternal blessings. 🕯️ ❤️
When we lost our brother we were changed. We miss him so much we stopped taking everyday for granted. This is worse. My Michael died of a heart problem. He took care of himself. My niece and nephew lost a father, his wife lost a husband.
This is awful, it didn't need to happen
This is egregious. God help these survivors.💗
I’m not old enough to have kids yet, but I am not a parent either. My mom would’ve been very devastated if she lost me. Because she built me from the ground up if this horrible man were to come to my school and shoot me dead my mom would have lost it in a traumatic episode.
I really can't imagine losing a child. My heart goes out to all the families! 🙏❤️
Just so nice to see old Saint Nik having his rights protected ! Keep him alive so he can enjoy his new home.
I wish I could hug her!! No words🙏
I truly hope one day this mom get some type of peace. This is so hard to watch and listen to. It’s one thing when you lose your child naturally but when someone takes your child’s life this way is horrific.
“i miss my girl” crying :((
My condolences
💝… I’m so sorry. I’m so, so sorry.
wow, dat is emotional.
Seems like this person has no clue of the pain of these caused.
I still feel it's all part if what he wanted, the attention, that's it
It's UNBELIEVABLE he has done this to get "attention"!!
R.I.P🙏🏽😇❤️
The shoter just sitting there like he is cold in side ❤️ less he is IV not seen a tear from his eyes. When they read there story it just breaks my ❤️. To see them go through this if it was not for me wanting to see him get what coming to him I would not watch this it's so sad
His attorney cries
After such extensive trial like this, just take the guy out. He literally will not care about being in jail. He does not care that he killed. He will not care about sitting there and getting free food for life either
God Bless prayers 🙏 up mom
Not gonna lie I started to tear up at the end of this. Very sad
There are no words for these parents ,that will ever make them feel better. The dead of a child can’t be compared to any emotion. Such unnecessary sadness and violence. This creep planned it all. I get the trial, but so painful for all these parents. For him, more glory and attention.
Look at what this killer did. So sorry for these parents.
When she says I miss…. I miss… it sunk in my chest everytime the absence I felt it to my core
Felt it deep at the core also. Their pain has not healed after 4 years!
@@blessall8856 nor will it ever pain like that doesn’t you just adapt to living living on for them
@@blessall8856 nor will it ever pain like that doesn’t you just adapt to living living on for them
Life is so unfair I am shattered on their behalf sobbing getting nose stuffed with snot I can put myself is others shoes and have sympathy but not even that truly allows me to feel their pain. I need to get more education on who to vote for so things like this never happen again cause not one of these parents no one deserve to go though this. Rest In Peace Jamie🤍🙏🏼
My heart aches for you
I literally sobbed like a baby hearing all her pain.
Is this case televised in tv? I just see these vids here.
how these people try to keep it together is beyond me. i would just let the rage build in me and hurt that snake. he took so many lives and destroyed family. its a wonder one of those parents dont do something to him right there in the court room. i feel so sorry for all these parents who had to give statements. and that creep just sets there like he does not give a rats butt to what he did to these parents. makes me so angry.
I agree. But the parents know that they would not be able to get to him, let alone hurt him. There are several police officers in that room, majority of them sitting right behind him. The parents would be taken down by the police before they could even get to him, so that's why they don't try. Although I'm sure it takes everything in them to not pounce at that monster.
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Sad
I feel so sorry for these parents, and cant believe this kid that did all these killings their parents did not know what was up with their son, sure parents have to work, you need to see who their friends are and check their rooms, you need to keep an eye on what kids do. Its so sad all the lost lives , I feel so much for these parents. I hope they lock that kid up forever, he will have plenty of time to think about what he did. I believe he has a demon inside of him to do such evil.
Both of his adoptive parents had passed away. All that was left was Nic and his younger brother. I agree with you about the demon. God teaches about the demons scouring the earth for those they can destroy. NC appears soulless and void of any normal emotion. I continue to pray for these families & the families of those who were injured.
I live 5 min from Douglas, it kills me seeing these parents have to go through this & live it all over again. I'm sorry 17 lives...this should be a no brainer! Why do this to these parents..this will stay w them the rest of their lives is that punishment enough smh
I want to tell this beautiful mother that her lovely beautiful daughter is somewhere, death is not the end …
My sister who passed away was extremely
Spiritual, she contacted me a day after her death in an undeniable way
That my sister was somewhere…
That was the most profound gift that she gave to me …
Now I know with no doubt that we do not expire, only the body
Goes back to earth .
Jaime is sending her parents much love from where she is …
Imagine ppl have to look at him. Horrible punishment for the family.
My deepest respect to the families of the killed victims. That includes Mrs. and Mr. Guttenberg, Mrs. and Mrs. Schulman and all survivors and all families of the killed great human beings. Beautiful community. Great people. What a beautiful female judge, Mrs. Elizabeth Scherer who presided this heavy murder trial. Maybe it was Mrs. Scherer showing a little mercy on the perpetrator who only deserved to die, by sparing his life. Maybe she thought that 17 killed young people are enough for now. But 'prison justice' will take place sooner or later on this destructive mass murder.
😢 My heart breaks 💔 for all of these parents. I can't imagine losing a child and then to have a talking head saying that it was all staged or fake... makes me so angry. I wouldn't be able to be as strong as these parents.
Sounds like I would've liked Jamie a lot. Rest in peace… I have a disability and the fact she was advocating for us makes me so sad… Sounded like a great human being.