Wilma Derksen:
An Enemy Worse Than Death

Wilma and Cliff Derksen share their long walk through grief toward forgiveness after their 13-year-old daughter was abducted and murdered.

Wilma: "… The beauty is that we haven't lost Candace's memory…."

Story synopsis

After their lively 13-year-old daughter, Candace, was abducted and killed, an unusual visitor confronted the Derksens. The visitor was someone whose own child had been murdered, and he painted such a harrowing picture of the future that the Derksens knew that forgiveness would be preferable to harboring vengeance.

Eventually, Wilma's journey through grief motivated her to begin a program called Victim's Voice. She coordinates meetings of victims and offenders at Stony Mountain Prison in Manitoba, where victims can ask the questions that sometimes never really get asked during a trial.

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