{"id":58608,"date":"2025-04-28T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/58608\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T22:43:08","slug":"mother-of-dead-inkster-teen-london-thomas-like-living-the-worst-movie-you-can-imagine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/58608\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother of dead Inkster teen London Thomas: &#8216;Like living the worst movie you can imagine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\"><strong>INKSTER, Mich. (FOX 2)<\/strong> &#8211; The body of 17-year-old London Thomas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/body-missing-inkster-teen-london-thomas-found-southfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was discovered over the weekend<\/a> after she had gone missing for three weeks.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Now her grieving mother is trying to process the unimaginable after her body was found in Southfield Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">&#8220;It\u2019s like living in the worst movie you can ever imagine over and over again, and it never ends,&#8221; said Jasma Bennett.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">The teen was last seen alive in Inkster on April 5th. \u00a0The FBI, local police and community members spent weeks searching for some sign of her.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">&#8220;When they came and told us it was like my heart stopped,&#8221; said Darnell Johnson, her stepfather. &#8220;I wouldn\u2019t wish this on anybody &#8211; this is crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">On Sunday, Michigan State Police confirmed London Thomas\u2019 body was recovered Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">Two suspects are in custody in connection with the case, but investigators aren\u2019t saying who they are or exactly how they\u2019re connected to her.<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">&#8220;Seventeen years old &#8211; you just take somebody\u2019s life,&#8221; said Johnson. &#8220;It\u2019s not right &#8211; it\u2019s not real.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">&#8220;There\u2019s no manual for this &#8211; (there&#8217;s) no manual to be a parent &#8211; (there&#8217;s) no manual to bury your child,&#8221; Bennett said. &#8220;(There\u2019s) no manual &#8211; (I&#8217;m) doing the best that I can with the help of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-us-lay-london-ryan-thomas-to-rest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GoFundMe<\/strong><\/a> has been set up to pay for London Thomas\u2019 burial. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-us-lay-london-ryan-thomas-to-rest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE to learn more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information from police and through interviews with London Thomas&#8217; family contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-thomas.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-d11d7278=\"\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/us\/mi\/wayne-county\/inkster\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-d11d7278=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inkster<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INKSTER, Mich. 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