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By Kimone Witter
Septimus Gardner says he felt happy and relieved after hearing on Monday that Andre Ruddock was found guilty of killing his daughter, Taneka Gardner during an alleged ritual at Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in St. James.
Ruddock, who was charged with the October 17, 2021 murder of the 39-year-old mother of two, was found guilty by a 6-1 majority verdict.
He is to be sentenced on January 22, next year.
Mr. Gardner said the guilty verdict was expected as he had confidence in the witnesses for the prosecution, whom he believed told the truth.
But he said it will not bring his daughter back.
Mr. Gardner said, while Monday represented a major development in the case, the family has been moving forward with life.
"Well, I have to move on with me life. From ever since, I have to move on with me life. I never lay down and play dead and say my daughter get killed. And, yes, I feel it, but I not going give up on that or about that," he declared.
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