My Krystal's Death Story

Jo Ann · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:37 pm

I am posting about how my Krystal died. I have this and more on her memory-of.com site, but I realized that many of you may not have gone through her entire site to read my Victim Impact Statement. So I am placing it here. I am also putting an article that was in the Florida Times Union for you to see.

I know several of you have shared how your precious child died and now I want to share with you how my baby died.

Love to all,

Jo Ann

[color=red][b]Victim Impact Statement by Mom, Jo Ann Webb

Honorable Judge Dearing,

My name is Jo Ann Webb. I am Krystal Dussâ€™ mother. How can I give you a glimpse of the unspeakable, unthinkable, unimaginable despair, pain, suffering and deep grief of having my child killed by a drunk driver? December 9, 2003 seemed like a typical day. I went to work. I teach at a public high school. Krystal and I usually talked on the phone several times a day. Sheâ€™d call just to say, â€œhi.â€

Cindy · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:31 pm

Bad things shouldn't happen to good people. I'm sorry I can't say more. There are just no words...
Love, Cindy

Susan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:16 pm

I'm so sorry Jo Ann. It just isn't right. My heart breaks for you.

Thank you for sharing your story.

Love and hugs,
Susan

Lynda · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:12 pm

Dear Jo Ann,
Even though I have read Krystal's impact statement, it doesn't make the tears any less to read it again. I hold you, Krystal, her children, husband, your husband ALL close to my heart and in my prayers. I am so sorry this has happened to you and your family..NONE of this is right. NONE of us should be grieving for our children. I just don't understand why such good, loving, and kind hearted precious children had to be taken from their family?!?!
I have grown to love you and everyone in here. None of us deserve any of this. I hope God has a special reward in heaven for grieving parents who made it. Of course...after seeing our children again, we won't care about anything else...they will be our reward...but then again, they shouldn't have been there to greet us. Sorry, I am just having an extremely sad night

Hugs,
Lynda

JANE_E · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:49 pm

Dear Jo Ann,

Like Lynda, I already spent some time on Krystal's site but reading it again i had the same reaction. There's nothing to do but cry..........

So much pain........... I can't even absorb all the pain anymore.........I feel sometimes like a sponge that has absorbed so much water that it now simply floats off the top of it. I've cried so many tears, shared so much pain from mothers.......... and as I told you once before, after I read about Krystal, I felt I knew her and you and your family. I absolutely grieved the loss of her as if she were one of my own.

I think that's what binds us together, we do share each others heartache. Our angels are mixed together as one huge family and we grieve for each one.

We're all so much alike in so many ways........... our pain is so different and yet, exactly the same. Our hearts have practically bled out............. I don't think anything will ever hurt this much again.

Reading about Krystal, and then seeing the pictures of her with her babies and her sisters and husband........... all that life, all that living to be done, and it was cut short. I guess at some level, my mind can't grasp it all anymore. It hurts too much. Everywhere I look it seems there's more pain.

I'm so sorry Jo Ann........... there's absolutely nothing to say after you say that. But, I hope you understand, that those words, coming from another grieving mother, hold a world full of meaning and pain.

I send you love and prayers and wish I could send you something more.

Love,
jane

Tonya · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:32 am

Jo Ann....

What a heart wrenching story. I am so very sorry that this had to happen to your family. I hold you, Krystal and your entire family in my heart and prayers. I pray that God wraps you in His loving arms and gives you peace.

Thank you for sharing your story with us.

I love you......

Tanya · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:46 am

Jo Ann,

Thank you for sharing your story. I am so sorry you ever had to go through this pain. Please know your family along with Krystal, her kids, and husband are forever in my thoughts and prayers. I will forever hold them close to my heart.

God Bless~

Jo Ann · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:48 am

Treasured Tammy,
i am so sorry that you had to go to that "quiet room". I feel your pain and I can actually see you in that room holding the door. I love you and I am so soory.
Love,

Jo Ann · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:55 am

Dear Cindy, Susan, Lynda, Jane, Tonya, Tammy, and Tanya,

Thanks to each of you for reaching out to me. Like the song says...
You lift me up!
Love,

Barbara · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:08 pm

JoAnn,
You are forever in my thoughts and prayers.No one should ever have to go through that.
HUGS,
Barbara

momma to3 boys · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:34 pm **Posts:** 171

I AM SO SORRY,I KNOW HOW HARD THIS IS.1 DAY I WILL TELL CHRIS,S STORY .A DRUNK DRIVER TOOK HIS LIFE ,BUT NOT HIS LOVE FROM ME OR HIS FAITH.IT HURTS SO MUCH TO KNOW THE DRUNK DRIVER GETS TO LIVE BUT NOT OUR CHILD

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