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Kim Kardashianis calling for the temporary release of a jailed father whose daughter was killed in the tragic elementaryschool shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
The 41-year-oldKeeping Up with the Kardashiansalum posted a plea for Eli Torres to be temporarily freed so he can attend the funeral for his daughter, 10-year-old Eliahana “Ellie” Cruz Torres, who was one of the 21 victims.
Sharing a school photo of Ellie on herInstagram StoriesandTwitteron Thursday, Kardashian wrote, “Her family are desperately hoping that her father, who is incarcerated for a non violent drug offense, be granted temporary release so that he can attend her funeral.”
“Every parent deserves that right,” she concluded.
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Days after Ellie was fatally shot, Torres — who was in a Kentucky federal prison for much of his daughter’s life for drug trafficking and gang-related crimes, perThe Houston Chronicle— was told he would not be able to get released for her funeral and would instead have to watch the service virtually, according to the local outlet.
“The choices I made, it cost me. I could have prevented this from happening, somehow, some way, as a father. … I could have stopped it somehow. Protected her,” he told theChronicle.
Torres and his daughter were scheduled to see each other in person just one week before the shooting, Kentucky Representative Attia C. Scott said in alettershe wrote to PresidentJoe Bidenand Kentucky governor Andy Beshear, which also asked for Torres' temporary release.
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Opening up about grieving behind bars, Torres told theChronicle, “The days and nights, they’re dark. I can’t see no light.”
Ellie typically called her father after school, the outlet reported. During their chats, he would teach her about softball, encourage her to be optimistic, and told her to value and cherish life. Since her death, Torres said that he’s suffered nightmares that make him dread going to sleep.
Torres is being held at Kentucky’s McCreary United States Penitentiary and is set to be released in 2033, according toWYMT.
source: people.com
