Sudyka said that during that visit she told Haleigh, "Before I know it, I am going to walk in here and you are going to say 'hello.'"
Haleigh responded to Sudyka by saying 'ello,'" Sudyka said, adding that hello was Haleigh's first word when she was 10 months old.
Relative says girl making progress
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Here's a story that makes one's eyes open wide: "Holli Strickland, Avrett's sister, was shot and killed on Sept. 22, 2005, in an apparent murder-suicide at the hands of her grandmother, police said." "...at the hands of" her grandmother!
What could EVER induce a mother to shoot her own daughter? Everything we hear about the late Holli Strickland makes her out as cruel, dishonest and manipulative -- sheer evil. If I recall the dates correctly, the murder-suicide was right after Haleigh was found emaciated, burned and beaten nearly to death. That pretty well tells all one needs to know.
Sudyka said she is working with a lawyer in an effort to adopt Haleigh.
DSS will fight this for sure. They're trying desperately to cover up their actions.