Grandmother Shares Heartbreaking Story of Granddaughter's Murder and Justice System Failures

The Brutal Murder of Mary Collins

• 💔 Mia Alderman, grandmother of Mary Collins, shared the horrific details of her granddaughter's murder in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2020.
• 🔪 Mary was sadistically tortured, bludgeoned, stabbed over 130 times, and bled out in a bathtub before being wrapped in plastic and hidden in a mattress.
• ⏳ The family endured over five years of waiting for the case to go to trial, describing the delay as torment and a mockery of accountability.

Failures in the Justice System

• ⚖️ Two individuals accused of Mary's murder were released on bond, despite the severity of the crime.
• ⚠️ One accused, America Ray Deal, remains free on bond, allegedly violating curfew and ankle monitor conditions repeatedly with little consequence.
• ⏳ The eight-day delay in discovering Mary's body after she went missing is cited as a factor that compounded the horror and cost precious time.
• 🏛️ Alderman criticizes the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina justice system for failing victims and their families, highlighting the case of another victim, Urania Zorusa, who also suffered a brutal death.

The Agony of Delayed Justice

• grief: The family was unable to have a proper funeral for Mary due to COVID-19 restrictions and the condition of her body, which was too decomposed to view.
• 💔 The inability to have a funeral, hold her, or even smell her hair is a profound source of ongoing pain for the family.
• 📢 Alderman implores the committee to see Mary not as a case number but as a voice calling for urgent change in the justice system.
• 🗣️ She advocates for swift prosecution of heinous crimes and an end to the release of accused individuals on bond, especially when conditions are violated.