A mother was caught off guard in court by the man who killed her daughter, 17-year-old Ziyanna Jones, in a hit-and-run after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Two 17-year-old best friends were walking home from a Halloween party, but one of them, Ziyanna Jones, tragically didn't make it. Following the sentencing of the man responsible for Ziyanna's death to 10 years in prison, a surprising and shocking event unfolded in court, which left her grieving mother astonished.A mother was caught off guard in court by the man who killed her daughter.
A memorial marks where 17-year-old Ziyanna Jones spent her last moments alive as she and her best friend Alexandria Rodriguez walked from the Halloween party in 2021.The Dickinson High School Senior was run over and killed by a stranger, Daniel Rodriguez, in a hit-and-run.Daniel Rodriguez was arrested a month later. After pleading guilty earlier this month, he's now being sentenced.
"I'm very sorry to everybody, and thank you for forgiving me. I do believe in Christ," Rodriguez told Wyatt in response to her telling him she hopes he knows Jesus Christ. She cried in court as he spoke, and she said "Amen" several times. Alexandria Rodriguez shared a video with us that was taken an hour before Ziyanna was killed.
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