“I never set out to harm Candace [Tift], nor did I knowingly or willfully act irresponsibly. ... The pain of losing a partner is unforgiving. God knows that if I could give my life to bring Candace back I would humbly go there.”
“Her loss has clearly created a void that nothing, no judgment could ever fit.”
Judge Daniel McNerney
“I ask myself daily who is this person I see in the mirror? The woman who’s screaming inside ‘My dead daughter, I want her back. I want her back.’”
“A walk on the sidewalk has become a walk of anxiety as I too worry if I’ll get hit.”
Mary Logan
“This is a horrible, terrible tragedy on both sides. ... But I want you to know whatever emotion you saw on my mother’s face during the trial, it was just a way to get by.”
Janene Johns’ son
“It’s a living hell. I want you to know that since the accident when I took Candace, my life has not merely gone on.
The hole I’ve created in both families’ hearts will never be filled.”
Janene Johns
JOSEPH SERNA may be reached at (714) 966-4619 or at joseph.serna@latimes.com.
