John Sutter: Have any of the victims responded to this latest news? The second family actually broke their silence to come forward and really blast loud and officials. They said, what happened to our daughter could have and should have been prevented. Some on the left claim that when I wrote this story, Smith or I timed it to impact Governor Youngkin's election. But we were going to wait until the boy was convicted to tell the story at all in order to let the justice system work.