Mom tells court of grief over daughter’s murder

Samantha Bristol, her voice breaking at times, told the No. 4 Supreme Court that she thought about her murdered daughter, Samara, every day and continued to suffer nightmares, anxiety and severe depression following her death.

She was giving her victim impact statement in the sentencing hearing of her former boyfriend, Roger Delisle Sealy, who was convicted earlier this year of murdering Samara Bristol, 30, between November 16 and 21, 2021.

Taking the witness stand, Bristol said: “I think about Samara every day, my firstborn. I had so many plans for us. Not once, not even the smallest thought that evil lurked among us. I am still in shock. I cannot believe that we were betrayed in the most vicious way. Samara did not deserve this. Her daughter did not deserve this. My family and I did not deserve this. I would not wish this pain on anyone.”