Cyara Whitlock is the daughter of Claudex Simmons, the snitch who lied about seeing Darryl Burton commit a murder for which Burton was sentenced to life in prison.
Simmons is currently serving a life sentence at the Southwest Correctional Center in Charleston, Missouri, for second-degree murder in the death of Fire Chief Gerald Buehne, who was killed in a head-on collision with Simmons as Simmons fled police in a PT Cruiser after shoplifting at a Walgreens in 2005. With the help of a public defender in St. Louis, Simmons' case is on appeal.
The following email exchange between Burton and Simmons' daughter, Whitlock, is pretty amazing (read it after the jump):
From: cyara whitlock
Date: Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 6:09 AM
Subject: Something to think about
To: Darryl Burton
I
read ur story I am claude simmons daughter. And it is really messed up
what he did to you! But now he is the one doing life! Karma
From: Darryl Burton
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: Something to think about
To: cyara whitlock
Hi Cyara,
It
is good to meet you and I have to say that I do not wish Claude has to
go through that hell hole today. I do not wish that on anyone. To be
real, I have not always felt that way about him, but through the power
of Jesus Christ the Lord of my life all other feelings have been
removed and I am at peace with this whole thing. "I am not bitter, I am
better." By the grace of God!
I encourage you to support your
dad and I truly mean this! I saw my daughter 3 times when she was 7
months old before I was wrongfully convicted and sent away for 24
years. I have seen her twice and she is 26 now. It may or may not be
karma, for your dad, but I know God loves your dad the same as he loves
any of us and so the bible tells me to forgive him and so it is! That
settles it with my soul! Jesus said, "Father forgive them for they know
not what they do." Luke 23:34.
It may seem easy that I say this
now from the outside. But I had begun to forgive your dad in 1998. The
same year I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. It is
power in that name to do all things, never forget this.
Your
email to me has taking this to a whole new spiritual level and one day
I am sure we will meet. Share these words with your dad and family for
me and tell him I mean this from my heart, in the name of Jesus the
Christ and Lord of my life. Take care and God bless you and your
family. Godspeed!
From: cyara whitlock
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: Something to think about
To: Darryl Burton
I
will let him know. I was thinking about writing him. I guess I am the
one bitter! I am about the same age as ur daughter and I havnt seen my
dad in years. And when I decided to look for him I came across ur
story. Wasn't what I was looking for guess. But thankyou for writing me
back.
From: Darryl Burton
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: Something to think about
To: cyara whitlock
Thank
you Cyara, for writing to me and I assumed you were about my daughters
age. I am glad my daughter was not bitter with me for being missing in
her life. I do know you can release the bitterness because it only
harms you and not the person you may be upset with. Take care and
Godspeed. Thanks for telling him for me, I really appreciate this.
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