On a quiet Tuesday evening last month, October 20th, Ida Martin, a 93 year-old woman, was stabbed to death outside her apartment in Cincinnati, Ohio.
A senseless murder, her friends and neighbors said, the killer, a man with a history of mental health problems was a stranger to Ida. Driven by the demons of his mental health issues, he murdered her just because she happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Loved by her family, friends, and neighbors, Ida was an inspiration, still living independently at 93:
“She was not a traditional grandmother – the type that would bake cookies – she liked to go out; she liked to keep moving,” said her granddaughter Holly Silva of Fairfield. “Up until last year she was still doing senior aerobics.”
The night after Ida’s death, people in her community held a prayer vigil for her. They even prayed for the man who took her life. Perhaps Ida would have wanted it that way, forgiveness instead of condemnation, love instead of hate.
Senior Friendly Guilford 