Alisha Longmore, 18.

Killed 2000

You didn't have to answer the knock on the door.

You didn't have to hear the police say Alisha is dead.

You didn't have to go to the morgue.

You didn't have to identify her body under the sheet.

You didn't have to see Alisha in the coffin.

You didn't have to celebrate Christmas without her.

You didn't have to get through the anniversary of her death.

You didn't know her to miss her.

You didn't have to drive so fast.

All you had to do was drive safely.

But you DIDN'T.

Anne and Ebony Longmore