Uvalde dad is awash in grief and anger, knowing his little girl will never grow up
UVALDE — Alfred Garza III spends a lot of time in his modest living room surrounded by photos of his daughter, Amerie Jo. The biggest is a school portrait — she stares straight at you, a half-smile on her face and a small earring in her pierced left ear.
Alfred Garza III sits in his living room in Uvalde under a portrait of his daughter Amerie Jo Garza, 10, given to him by the local photo studio that took school pictures at Robb Elementary each year.He got animated when he talked about his daughter, but he didn’t cry. “I feel like there’s a certain space that I haven’t been on that’s never gonna be filled again, and I have pieces that are broken within me that are never gonna be fixed,” he said.
Garza also has fallen out with his cousin, who has spoken of Amerie Jo as his own daughter in public appearances. In an interview, Alfred Garza said he also was unhappy “about my name being dragged through the mud.” Alfred Garza III, right, and relatives leave the civic center in Uvalde on July 17 after attending a press conference held by the Texas House Investigative Committee.Garcia said Garza broke up with her when she was three months pregnant, leaving her to raise Amerie Jo by herself.
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