Suwannee Democrat
July 22, 2015
Alaina Szortyka’s brother, Kevin Szortyka, said the murder of this sister “breaks my heart.”
“Not just the fact that Casey, Alaina’s ‘best friend’ murdered her over an argument, but that 10 or more witnesses just stood by without offering aid. A passing stranger had to rush in and get my sister to the hospital,” said Kevin. “My sister’s life was lost over an argument. My mom’s daughter, my sister, my kid’s aunt will never say ‘I love you’ to any of us again because of an argument.”
Kevin said he and Alaina were “incredibly close.”
“Growing up we didn’t have our dad in the home with us, and Alaina made me her father figure,” said Kevin. “All the way into me being in high school, Alaina would beg to sleep in bed with ‘KK’ and wanted me to read her stories. She loved so much. She didn’t want to spend her days laying around watching TV, she wanted to live.”