MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU  / Marsha Martin
I just want to say that my heart just breaks when I think of what this little angel must have went through the day she passed away. I have a daughter who is the same age as Riley she will turn 4 in april. I could not imagine harming her. The way she loves me unconditionally is a gift and I would not want to make her suffer in any way. God bless this family I hope that the family will one day be able to think of Riley without thinking about how she died. What a beautiful little girl. Close

Baby girl...  / Midiam Stubblefield (Friend)
Even though you were not mine, you will have a place in my heart forever sweet heart, where you have gone is the most beautiful place with no fear, pain or worries but filled with happiness and most of all love and we will send up more and more each day to you.  As a mommy of 3 boys I can only hope and pray that I am blessed with beautiful baby girl like you one day...I myself have a two year old little boy whom I just can't see my life going on without, he is beautiful just like you sweetie.  May God bless your Grandma and daddy.  The Sawyer family will forever be in my prayers.  XOXO, mommaof3       LOVE YOU FOREVER RILEY ANN SAWYERS... Close

shes beautiful  / Kim Brigman (friend)
ive been reading up on rileys story and pictures of her are absolutley beautiful its hard to look at them without crying but i know this hild is with god and isnt suffering any more may god be with you and your famly always and i will pray for all of you Close

^j^ / Kathy Hernandez (COF)
It brings me comfort to know now that you are sleeping wrapped in the wings of angels. I love you ((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))) Close

Our Little Angel  / Kathy Hernandez (COF)
Riley.

My heart aches for you sweet baby.. You have touched a place inside of me like no other. You have justice now sweet baby, and I know your angels carried you to shore so that your story could be known instead of disappearing forever. Not one single day goes by that I do not think of you, or ever will. I love
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Heaven / Mark Pendray (Parent of a murdered girl )

Dear Sheryl Ann, Please know that you are in the thoughts of many people.  It has been over a year since you created this site which honors Riley.  I pray that you have been comforted by the thousands of people that have visited here.  As a parent of a daughter who was brutally murdered 2 years ago I cannot tell you that your grief will be tempered with time. Please know that Riley lives on in the Hearts of many as well as Heaven Forever.  God bless her and you.

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Riley / Marlo Pless
I am so sad for Riley's loss.  I am glad her mother and step father are going to pay for what they did to her.  No child should ever be hurt in anyway.  They did not ask to be brought into this world.  She was an adorable little girl.  My prayers are with the family, who had nothing to do with her loss. Close

Be at Peace little one  / Kimberly Mattingly (n/a)
I cant imagine the last hours, but I believe you are now out of pain and GOD holds you sweet baby. I imagine myself hugging you when I hug my own daughter at night, and simply wish there was a way to let you know a real mothers love. I hope someday I have the priviledge to meet you and kiss your darling face. Until then Riley Ann, you have touched my life and many others, and reminded us of how innocent our children are. We love you sweet girl, Please forgive us all. Close

So glad to hear of the life sentence  / Elle Kaye (None)
So saddened by her loss and suffering.

I believe strongly that we never truly die, that we are more than the physical entities that we see. 

I believe we live many lives for the reasons of experiencing many things.

Mediums have shown some remarkable ability in communicating with those no longer in physical form, and reincarnation has had some startling evidence as well.
 
I know your paths will cross, but know that she has touched millions of hearts, and she will always be remembered. Close

You are loved  / Jamie (None)
Rest in peace baby girl. I hope you find my baby Maggie and become friends. You are loved. Close

She's just our little "Buck Nut"  / M.D. Ruano (Fellow Buckeye )

She's just a little Buck-nut

Ohio born and bred

With curly blonde hair

Adorning her pretty head!

Grandma's pride and everyone's joy

Aren't we glad she wasn't born a boy!

She could have been a Steeler's fan

Or attended Ohio State

Given enough time, she could have been great.

From a land far away

she has come home

to be part of the fabric

of her Native Ohio home.

In Ohio's soil she will rest

Not far from Grandma's house

And everyday Grandma will say

"Our Riley, she was the very best!"

This was for all the little "Buck-nuts" from Central N.E. Ohio, may you always be loved by those who like yourself knew N.E. Ohio as home.

Sincerely,

M.D. Ruano-Serret

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Justice for you.  / Lori Krone (were children of GOD )
 My heart is broken for you, but today you got the long waited justice you were waiting for. You are smiling down on the people who love you, I am one of them , I can feel your smile all the way from heaven.  Love you, baby girl. Close

Can't stop crying.  / Lauren Marty (none)
I can't stop crying about this little girl. I have a four year old daughter, and children are innocent people. They fully depend on their parents. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY SOMEONE WOULD DO THIS TO A CHILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just can't imagine it. I can't imagine the paid that Riley went through and I just can't help but be so angry with the people who did this to her. WHY? why would you do this to a poor child???????????? Drugs? Stupidity? They should have the same thing happen to them. Let's see how they like it. I wish this could be reversed. Dear God. Is there a God? Close

I couldnt stop crying.  / Larry Cook (none)
I saw this story at yahoo headlines last week and couldnt bring myself to read it. A close friend of mine asked me if I read it, I said no. She had told me what had happened to your granddaughter. I immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Tonight after I put my own 6 year old daughter to bed I came downstairs to check my email and there was a headline that rileys mother and her husband had been convicted. I clicked the headline and read it. I wasnt expecting to read any details of rileys abuse. Im 45 and a single parent of a beautiful 6 year old girl. I'm not so proud to admit I cried when I read of the abuse, when I saw little rileys pictures, and again when I came to this website. I have NEVER responed to anything Ive
read or heard about on the news. It wasnt so long ago my daughter harriette was 2. I know how little girls rely on their parents, how they trust them for everything. I also know how lucky I am that I'll be able to go upstairs and kiss my daughters cheek as she sleeps when Im done writing. Mrs. Sawyer, I doubt the english language contains the words to accurately describe what you must be feeling. I do know how I felt when I read about riley, I think I can imagine how you must feel.

I am absolutely sorry.

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Rest, sweet little one  / Stephanie Louise (None)
How my heart aches for you, for the pain you suffered in this life.  I will hold my own sweet baby girl close now, wishing there was some way to undo what was done to you.  I can't help but to cry in pain, thinking of your last moments.  Nothing is more unfair that this, sweet girl.  Please know that even in your too short of a life you touched many hearts. 

May all the children of the world sleep in safety and peace tonight. 
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Sweet little girl  / Eden Kriss (none)
I am so sorry little girl that you had to suffer any pain. I could never imagine how scared or hurt you must have been. I just read about this on cnn.com and cannot believe that what happened to you and how you tried to be so brave and run away. I am so so sorry, no one should ever ever feel that. I am hope that you are no longer in pain and that you are being loved and cared for now. Finally your mother and stepfather will get what they deserve and I hope that they will rot and be tortured just like you were. Close

May be gone but not forgotten!  / Tiffany Baker (No Relation )
I do not know anyone in the family but I do hope the families are doing well.  She is in good hands and watching down on you all. Riley and her family are in my thoughts and prayers! Close

I am forever changed  / Elizabeth Bouhddadi (nonee)
I learned about this sad tragedy a week ago, and it has brought me unbearable sadness and grief that I simply cannot imagine what this has done to your family. There hasn't been a moment that has gone by when I haven't thought about your angel. I know this is not a fraction of the pain that you are suffering, but I hope that I can take a piece of that suffering off of your shoulders a little bit. I'm a mother of a 16 month old, and the fact that a person can do this to ANY child, much less one's own, is just unfathomable. I am a changed person because of this. I question my thoughts about God, and have been brought closer to God because of this. I know that God could not have created something so beautiful and innocent for no reason or purpose, but I do struggle with understanding why this brutal act could happen. I wish to God I could have been there on that day, protecting her. She is no longer in pain. Please remember her life did serve a purpose. She has touched so many people. I will cherish and hug my little daughter a little more tonight and every day because of this. Although I did not ever meet Riley Ann, she lives inside of me. I will never forget her story to the day I die. Close

The most horrific thing I have ever heard.  / Laura Shue (Fellow Human Being )
Riley, before I read this week what your mother and stepfather did to you, I believed that everything happened for a reason, and that reason was the will of God.  I believed that good things always come from bad, and they are not always obvious to us mere humans.  After I read the gut wrenching details of what the person who was your lifeline did, I am sorry to say, I cannot believe any longer that there is a God who has the power to intervene.  I cannot believe, and it is downright offensive to me for people to suggest, that those six hours you were tortured would EVER be worth some master plan by God...or that God was somehow with you allowing this to happen.  The best I can do now is to try to come to another belief system that allows me to accept that great evil exists alongside the beautiful good in this world.  But I will never again believe that there is a loving God who personally wants what is best for all of us and has all power.  Besides torture and murder her baby, your mother took away my God.  I am glad to see it looks like people in your family did not have their faith snatched away, and that gives me some peace.  I hope somewhere, some time, you get a do-over.  Close