Nothing mattered to Janice Sallis-Mustafa after they pulled the naked body of her 16-year-old daughter from the river. She quit her career as a home nurse. She sold the rancher outside Charlotte, North Carolina, to stay with family. Thirteen years went by; a mother doesn’t get over the anguish, not ever. The brutal attack on another young woman has now shaken the fragile life that she rebuilt.
For those closest to Phylicia Barnes, an attack on another young woman adds more pain
August 6, 2024