"I want the killers dead": Tori's mom - Says police were convinced she was behind abduction

GUELPH – As officers searched for the body of Tori Stafford with the help of her accused abductor, Tori's mother lashed out at police and the people charged in the homicide.

In Woodstock, Tara McDonald said police targeted her and her boyfriend for 42 days.

"The three times I was interviewed by police, they said, 'We know it's you,'" McDonald told the London Free Press yesterday.

She said she could barely bring herself to think about the final hours of her "beautiful little princess."

"To think someone took my daughter and then ... I can't even think about it," she said.

"My daughter's not coming home. I want the killers dead."

Meanwhile, in a barren field south of Fergus, Terri-Lynne McClintic, 18, of Woodstock, huddled on the floor behind a back seat to hide from photographers' cameras. The accused woman was there hoping to lead police to the 8-year-old's remains.

"My understanding is that she is fully cooperating and did so (Wednesday) and (yesterday) with a view toward bringing Tori home as soon as possible," said McClintic's lawyer, Jeanine Leroy.

McDonald said that when police met her Tuesday night to tell her of the arrests, she thought they had good news about Tori. "All I kept thinking, all along, was that she's somewhere; she's fine; someone is taking care of her. They just wanted a beautiful little girl for themselves and they took my beautiful girl."

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[Tony the tiger]

I watched the press conference live at 3pm today and I didn't know what to expect. The mother is a remarkable woman.