Slain girl’s family says Cleveland school should’ve notified them sooner of her absence

The delay “significantly and materially lowered the chances of the police finding Alianna alive,” the lawsuit read.

The lawsuit alleged because of the school system’s negligence, the last hours of the girl’s life “were spent in excruciating, paralyzing, debilitating and unthinkable physical and mental pain.”

The lawsuit also claimed the school system lied when they said they had attempted to send an alert through their text message notification system, but it failed.

Operators of the school told The Associated Press they can’t comment on the lawsuit and they’ve tried to be supportive to Alianna’s parents since her death.

Authorities have said Whitaker’s DNA matched evidence from the slaying. Whitaker told investigators he was high on cocaine and blacked out.

Whitaker apologized to the family during his trial’s penalty phase.

“There is no excuse for what I’ve done,” he said.

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