Mother’s Day Message to Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald from My Son’s Grave: A Mother’s Fight Against Corruption, Silence, and Betrayal
- Justice for Denis Preka
- 3 hours ago
- 3 min read
Corrupt Karen,
Another Mother’s Day has arrived, and once again I am standing at my son’s grave instead of celebrating with him.
Seven years ago, my child was taken from me by a drug dealer, Nicholas Remington — betrayed by a friend, Paul Wiedmaier, and by Remington’s best friend, Connor Gibaratz.
And for the last five years, I have lived with the pain of watching you, Marc Keast, and David Williams, bury Denis’s suffering, his rights, and the truth surrounding his death instead of fighting for justice for the people you were supposed to represent.
You chose to protect your campaign donor Neil Rockind’s client instead of protecting a victim and the family left behind.
I have spent countless nights reading transcripts, police reports, court filings, and evidence trying to understand how a mother begging for justice instead found herself fighting the very people elected to protect victims.
I no longer see this as opinion alone. I believe the court transcripts, records, and timeline speak for themselves.
I firmly believe, you were the driving force behind burying my son’s case and creating the narrative that destroyed any chance Denis had at justice.
I believe you were behind the March 9, 2021 arguments surrounding police reports that, according to the records I reviewed, were later disputed and became the foundation used to justify releasing the man charged in my son’s death from jail.
I believe you directed the strategy, influenced the decisions, and helped manipulate the court proceedings surrounding Denis’s case.
And what hurts me most is that while I was waiting for trial, waiting for accountability, and grieving my child, I believe you caused a second layer of pain by turning my son’s case into something political instead of pursuing justice for a 21-year-old whose life was taken.
That betrayal is something I will never forget.
I have court transcripts, records, and your own words that, show that you and Marc Keast misled the court, manipulated the narrative surrounding Denis’s case, and helped create the conditions that allowed the man charged in my son’s death to walk free.
Reading your own words in the court transcripts changed me forever and changed the way I look at prosecutors, the justice system, and the people entrusted to protect victims’ families.
I used to believe prosecutors fought for truth and justice. Now, after reading the records in my son’s case, I saw how powerful people can shape narratives, influence outcomes, and leave grieving families destroyed.
What hurts me most is not only that my son died, but that after his death, I watched his life become, in my opinion, a political negotiation influenced by power, connections, and campaign interests instead of truth and justice.
My son was not a file. He was not politics. He was my child.
A 21-year-old boy whose life mattered. A boy who should still be alive today.
And while you celebrate Mother’s Day with your family, I continue living every mother’s worst nightmare — waking up every morning knowing I could not save my son and believing a prosecutor failed him afterward.
Still, I pray for you.
Still, I pray for you. Because I believe you need prayers more than anyone — for your soul and for the choices made while holding power over people’s lives.
I believe every person who holds power will one day answer for what they did, what they ignored, and who they chose to protect.
I hope this is the last Mother’s Day I spend without justice for Denis.
And I promise you this: I am done being silent.
I will continue fighting publicly for accountability because, you failed the people who trusted you to protect victims and uphold justice.
And I will continue speaking what I believe is the truth about the lies, manipulation of the court, and decisions that devastated my family and shattered public trust.
Karen, you betrayed the very people you were elected to protect. You misled the public, failed victims’ families, and showed no integrity in the way my son’s case was handled by you and Marc Keast.
I will continue speaking.
I will continue fighting.
And I will continue making sure the people of Michigan hear my son’s story and decide for themselves what happened to justice in this state — and who Karen McDonald truly is, based on the records, transcripts, and decisions surrounding my son’s case.
No title lasts forever. No political power lasts forever. But truth survives. And so does a mother’s love for her child.
Denis’s Mom