{"id":257811,"date":"2021-11-25T13:37:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T19:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=257811"},"modified":"2021-11-29T22:33:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T04:33:46","slug":"grandmother-adopts-granddaughter-double-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/grandmother-adopts-granddaughter-double-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandmother adopts granddaughter after tragic double murder: ‘This is the silver lining’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2017, little Alivia’s world was shattered. Her mother, Chaquinequea Brodie, and her nine-year-old sister, My\u2019Jaeaha Richardson, were murdered right in front of her. Alivia was just two years old, and despite her young age, she helped police<\/a> identify her family’s murderer, Anthony Rutherford \u2014 her mother’s boyfriend. But today, Alivia has a new woman to call mom, after being adopted in a moving, emotional ceremony.<\/p>\n

Since the murders, Corrinna Martin, Alivia’s grandmother, has cared for her. Last week, on National Adoption Day, both told the world how much they mean to each other in the courthouse. Now in second grade, Alivia \u2014 who Martin says is the “wind beneath her wings” \u2014 has been officially adopted.<\/p>\n