“We would like to express our appreciation to the community for the sympathy and heartfelt best wishes offered to Amy for her quick recovery at this difficult time. Amy is recovering and is out of intensive care as of Wed. afternoon. We pray that she will soon be able to go home and offer our thanks to law enforcement officials, UAB Hospital and to all who keep her in their prayers.”

August 1, 2006

“We would like to express our appreciation to the community for the sympathy and heartfelt best wishes offered to Amy for her quick recovery at this difficult time. Amy is recovering and is out of intensive care as of Wed. afternoon. We pray that she will soon be able to go home and offer our thanks to law enforcement officials, UAB Hospital and to all who keep her in their prayers.”

We do ask you to respect our privacy as we do not intend to make any additional public statements to the news media at this time. We will contact you in the event we decide that further comment from the family is warranted.