Cecilia McAdams was a victim and she has had to relive her violent rapes and the death of her husband too many times. Here is what was written on her facebook page.
Ginny Graybiel
As a Pensacola newspaper reporter, I interviewed Cecilia numerous times since the 1991 crimeand covered many, many court hearings over at least two decades. In my 37 years in journalism, dealing with many of the toughest stories in Pensacola, I did not encounter a stronger, more courageous, smarter or stylish person. She also was so honest and forthcoming as she described her own rape by three strangers who burst into their own home and Gary's death with a bullet to his brian as he was forced to drink a beer. She was a wonderful wife to Gary and now as Gary's killer approaches execution, she moves forward with new love in her life. How many of us could accomplish that? There seem to be endless lists of powerbrokers in Pensacola; Put Cecilia at the top of the list. Her power in building a strong fufture, while not forgetting her life with Gary, is the stuff of heroes.