The father of Laken Riley, a student at the University of Georgia who was killed while jogging, said he's 'angry' her death has been used politically.
The father of Laken Riley, a student at the University of Georgia who was killed while jogging, said he's"angry" her death has been used politically.
While he and her mother divorced when Riley was young, he and his daughter remained close, calling each other often, he said. She spoke about wanting to graduate from Augusta University's nursing college and work at a children's hospital. She wrote down her goals for the year, which included going on a date after she had been such a"study bug," her father said.
Adding to the difficulty of grieving is the national spotlight on her death, which only exploded following Biden's State of the Union address. "I think it's being used politically to get those votes," Jason Riley said."It makes me angry. I feel like, you know, they're just using my daughter’s name for that. And she was much better than that, and she should be raised up for the person that she is. She was an angel.”
Riley spoke about wanting to graduate from Augusta University's nursing college and work at a children's hospital. NBC News
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