The of­fi­ci­at­ing min­is­ter at the fu­ner­al of Diego Mar­tin mur­der vic­tim Sa­van­na Dy­er ap­pealed to young peo­ple to slow down and be wary of peo­ple who have noth­ing to con­tribute to their lives or well-be­ing.

Bish­op An­drew John, who de­liv­ered the ser­mon at Dy­er’s fu­ner­al at the West End Chris­t­ian Fel­low­ship Church, Diego Mar­tin, yes­ter­day morn­ing, said while he un­der­stood the im­pul­sive, fast-paced ac­tiv­i­ties of­ten as­so­ci­at­ed with youth, life was not “run­ning away” and there would be enough time to en­joy all that the world had to of­fer.

“The word for to­day is slow ... slow down. Where are you go­ing? Life is not run­ning away from you,” he said