I’m sorry.”Massey’s parents and two children — who lobbied for the maximum sentence — said their lives had changed dramatically since the killing. Her two children said they had to grow up without a mother, while Massey’s mother said she lived in fear. “Today, I’m afraid to call the police in fear that I might end up like Sonya,” her mother Donna Massey said during the hearing. “Sonya Massey’s death rocked her family, but it rocked the community, it rocked the country,” State’s Attorney John Milhiser said. Massey’s family was outraged by the jury’s decision, raising questions of racial injustice.