This is the Victim Impact statement Susan gave to the judge at the
sentencing.

To the Most Honorable judge Michael Douglas

I have waiting for this day for two and one half years. The opportunity to
look into the face of the individual who destroyed my life as I knew it. I
thought he would look like a big green monster but he looks to me like a
person who never learned to be responsible for his actions. He has never
learn to respect and love a human life.

The judicial system has delayed this case at the dependants request for two
and one half years in order to afford Shaen Gresham every opportunity to
defend himself. But your honor....my sister had rights also. She had the
rights to at least thirty more years of life with her family. Jim, her
husband had the right to live a long earned retirement with Vicki, and reap
the rewards of two people and their lifetime of hard work. her children
Mike, Danne, and Scott had the right to have their mother still alive who
loved them to a fault. She showered them with exciting Christmas that was
the highlight of their year. Her Grand children had the right to stand in
the front yard with her and count little yellow cars that drove by. They had
the right to stay over night with the most beautiful grandma any one ever
had. Vicki will know miss their proms and graduations and their first
dates, and weddings.

And, Yvonne and I will miss the greatest sister anyone has ever had.
My sister was more than a sister to me. When my parents were divorced I was
seven years old. We were raised by my loving father and my older sister
Yvonne helped until she moved to Ohio with her family.
Vicki and I were very close. Lying in bed, talking late into the night about
things that I worried about. She always made me feel very loved and special.
All the years of my life she was my best friend. I could tell her anything
and it would remain with her. She would preach to me about boys and cried
with me. When I was learning to swim one day I wanted to swim across the
lake . And although she was sick she swam right behind me all the way, to
make sure I would make it to the other side safely. She helped me into my
wedding gown and held my hand during the birth of all my children. During
the first birth, she herself was ready to deliver and she wouldn't leave
me..I told her she could go but she said "Ill take care of you first sweetie
and then Ill leave." Ill always be here for you. We cried for weeks holding
each other when daddy died in a car accident and again she told me...don't
worry "Brat" Ill always be here for you. She was everything to me and I
loved her very much.
In 1985 my mothers new husband died and she went into a deep depression.
Vicki took care of her ever day she didn't work...even though Mom had not
been there  for us. We all spent a lot of time with Mom but Vicki was the one
who did the most.  My mother was very close to Vicki and she was her
favorite.
The night Shean Gresham struck and killed Vicki while she was walking across
the street, My husband receive the call from Vicki's son Danne.  My husband
Ron took my hand into his and with terrible grief of his own...her loved her
too...told me Vicki was dead. When he told me I screamed NO NO NO Not my
Vicki...I went to my other sister in Grand Rapids  in a state of shock, and
jumped into her bed and we rocked back and forth as I told her Vicki was
dead by a man that didn't even stop his car.
Then came the hardest thing I have ever done. I had to tell my mother Vicki
was gone. Vicki had circled the day she would be back on Moms calendar
....we had to move mom into our home but she died five months later....We
have all grieved our self sick...and have scars that will never heal.

Your honor we need closure and I beg you for justice. After he hit my sister
he and his married girlfriend never stopped to see if she was alive...in
fact they ditched the car and went into a casino and gambled while others
rush to save her life. I didn't have a chance to hold Vicki as she died as
she had held me....I didn't tell her I loved her like I love no other. I wont
have anyone ever call me brat again or I wont see those sparkling green eyes
that crinkled when they laugh..... They are closed forever. I thank Vicki
every day in my heart for being there to love a little girl that had no
mommy...Ill be just like her and hold any little ones that society has
forgot..
Your honor..Shaen Gresham is a dangerous person. he is capable of doing this
again. He has taken one life and he will do it again. I beg you put a value
on human life that  is lost because of his negligence . We don't want money we
want him off the street so the Vicki's of the world can teach others to love
and care about other.