Sonya Massey’s family says death of sheriff’s deputy who killed her ‘doesn’t feel like justice’

A cousin says death of Sean Grayson in prison ‘doesn’t give Sonya back her life or return her’ to her children The death in prison of the former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of murder after fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home “doesn’t feel like justice to me”, a cousin of the woman has said in an emotional statement. “It doesn’t give Sonya back her life or return her back to her [two] children”, who were aged 15 and 17 at the time of the killing, Sontae Massey wrote in the statement on Monday. Referring to Sonya Massey’s mother, the statement continued: “It doesn’t give my aunt back her daughter. And it doesn’t give our family the accountability were still waiting for … “Sonya should still be here. That is the loss we are still living with.” Sontae Massey’s statement provided a notable reaction to the death of the former Sangamon county deputy Sean Grayson, which was announced on Sunday by his attorney, Daniel Fultz. Grayson, 32, was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2023. The cancer had spread to his liver and lungs, according to his legal team, by the time of his sentencing in January, when he was given 20 years’ impriso