The Saddest Thing a Parent Will Ever Say

Lurlean Smith is the mother of murder victim Toya Smith and the grandmother of murder victim Tasmia Allen. Both were killed by Smith's ex-boyfriend, Erbie Bowser.

Despite the protestations of Erbie's friends that he was a gentle giant, Lurlean knew better. "He's an evil, deceitful person," she said. Then she said the saddest words a parent will ever utter: "If my daughter had listened to me, she'd be alive today."

"Victims' relative says suspect 'evil, deceitful.'" The Dallas Morning News; August 10, 2013; p. 1A.