A New Zealand father announced Thursday via a public letter to his pastor that he had forgiven his wife for allegedly killing their daughters, saying she was also a victim in the tragedy.
Graham Dickason wrote in the letter that even though he would carry the loss of his precious angels for the rest of his life, he already forgave his wife for the alleged homicides and urged others to do the same. The letter was read aloud on Thursday by a reverend during a candlelight vigil outside the family’s home in Timaru, according to Associated Press.
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The Dickason family moved to New Zealand from South Africa in late August. The father returned home from work just before 10 p.m. on Sept. 16 and found the bodies of his daughters. Neighbors called police when they heard a man screaming and crying, the outlet reported.
Emergency services said that when they responded, they found Mr. Dickason’s wife, Lauren, who was hospitalized in stable condition and later charged with murder by the police. She is being kept at a psychiatric facility ahead of her next scheduled court appearance on Oct. 5, per the outlet.
A motive for the alleged murders is still unclear, as her social media pages indicated no internal conflicts within the family. She celebrated the couple’s wedding anniversary on Facebook in May and also encouraged people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the outlet.
Mandy Sibanyoni, a childminder worker for the Dickasons in South Africa, told the outlet that the Dickasons were an “awesome family” with “wonderful kids” with no obvious problems.
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“I don’t know what to do about this because the only question that I’ve got now is, ‘what happened?'” She told the outlet. “What went wrong? Because Lauren cared for her kids.”
