The mother of a girl raped and murdered five years ago was allowed to burn down the house where her daughter was killed.
On Thursday afternoon, Diena Thompson set fire to a house in Orange Park, Florida, where Jared Harrell lived when he killed her daughter in October, 2009. Firefighters on the scene nodded approvingly.
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“Maybe it will help her heal a little bit,” Silcox said.
Once the burning debris is cleaned up, Thompson will consider a new use for the land, possibly a playground, according to News4Jax.com.
